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defenestrate

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:07 am
by gwray
most impressive use of the word is in "A Nauseous Nocturne" from Calvin & Hobbes http://bradshawfamily.net/~samuel/comic ... /poems.php

Re: defenestrate

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:00 pm
by Philip Hudson
gwray:

Welcome and post often.

You should have posted this under the Good Word defenestrate instead of starting a thread for it. Usually the Good Doctor is the only one who should initiate a Good Word and he just recently initiated this one. Your Calvin and Hobbes reference is interesting. I suggest you repost it under the Good Word defenestrate. I do not know how this thread can be deleted but it should be to avoid duplication. If you have a new word to suggest, post it under Good Word Suggestions. That is were members initiate Good Word threads. Defenestrate has already been featured there also.

I know you are new to Alpha Agora. This note is friendly information.

Re: defenestrate

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:26 pm
by Perry Lassiter
And thanks for the reminder of that great comic strip that I keep hoping will un-defenstrate!

Re: defenestrate

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:06 pm
by LukeJavan8
Welcome gwray

Re: defenestrate

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:09 am
by Slava
Quite coincidentally, Michael Quinion on his site World Wide Words, had a nice piece on this word recently. If anyone cares to see it, here it is.

Re: defenestrate

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:51 pm
by LukeJavan8
I liked the part about the intercession of the Virgin Mary
vs. landing in the manure pile. The root of
religious divisions never ceases to amaze me.

Re: defenestrate

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:23 pm
by Perry Lassiter
Would a Unitarian credit Mary with maneuvering them into the manure pile?
Thanks for the ref to Quinlon. I bookmarked his site.

Re: defenestrate

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:16 pm
by gailr
I have ancestors from that area; I shall have to ask mom what they said while falling...

:'evil' smile:

Re: defenestrate

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:13 pm
by LukeJavan8
Would a Unitarian credit Mary with maneuvering them into the manure pile?
Thanks for the ref to Quinlon. I bookmarked his site.
It's a great site. Hope you subscribed to the weekly
email as well.

Re: defenestrate

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:14 pm
by LukeJavan8
Thanks to whomever found my little avatar guy
and brought him home.


I found out it was 'saparris' of the poetry section on
'res diversae'. Thanks STEVE.