defenestrate - what an amazing word!
it means 'to throw out of a window', referring particularly to a person.
it comes from the Latin for window, fenestra.
it's so cool!
the Defenestration of Prague refers to more than one person; but have you seen the word adfenestrate?
That brings to mind
this thread from the wayback machineOf course, it also has threads going all cattawampus if you try to click on the next page, a demonstration of why we tried to keep posts to 100 or less per thread back on the old board.
They appear right after the Knight of the Iguana.
Connie, your link won't work for me*, and when I Searched for defenestrate, all it gave me was this thread--how'd you find the old one, please?
*I got the error-message frame for the old board.
I couldn't say why; works fine for me! (Mac/Safari)
I still just get:
System Error: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Unknown column 'U_Post_Format' in 'field list' at w3t.pm line 600.
Ooh! I must have had the dates set screwy the first time; I just tried Search again and got the '01 thread. Here's the URL on the page I got:
'01 threadThis link works for me! Yay!
strangely enough, tsuwm's link shows up in the old AWAD board, while Jackie's is the new...
jackie's shows the bolding, tswum's don't
AUGH! Again?!? DANG it, I've got to watch that! Somehow...