Defenestration
“Yesterday he was defenestrated.”
Ouch! Sounds painful, somehow. I came across this word in an article in The Economist.
According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:
Function: noun
Etymology: de- + Latin fenestra window
Date: 1620
1 : a throwing of a person or thing out of a window
2 : a usually swift dismissal or expulsion (as from a political party or office)
One Response to “Defenestration”
1 The Zik 21 May 2008 @ 5:51 pm
Have you defenestrated this blog? It’s been a while
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