Re: defenestration

Posted by Dr. Bob on November 17, 2003, at 3:02:19

In reply to Re: please be supportive » Dr. Bob, posted by fallsfall on November 16, 2003, at 22:08:16

> > > hee hee I love "defenestration"...
> >
> > Sorry to be a wet blanket, but please don't joke about death, thanks.
>
> Defenestration is defined by Merriam-Webster to be: a throwing of a PERSON or THING out of a window.
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> I saw nothing in liligoth's post that would necessarily be a joke about death. Even throwing a person out of a window does not necessarily result in death.
In that context, it was a person, not a thing, and the reason persons are defenestrated is to kill them.
Bob

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