Defenestration

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  defenestration \de*fen`es*tra"tion\
     (d[-e]*f[e^]n`[e^]s*tr[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
     the act of throwing (something or someone) out of a window.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  defenestration
       n : the act of throwing someone or something out of a window

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  defenestration n. [mythically from a traditional Czech assasination
     method, via SF fandom] 1. Proper karmic retribution for an incorrigible
     punster. "Oh, ghod, that was _awful_!" "Quick! Defenestrate him!" 2. The
     act of exiting a window system in order to get better response time from
     a full-screen program. This comes from the dictionary meaning of
     `defenestrate', which is to throw something out a window. 3. The act of
     discarding something under the assumption that it will improve matters.
     "I don't have any disk space left." "Well, why don't you defenestrate
     that 100 megs worth of old core dumps?" 4. Under a GUI, the act of
     dragging something out of a window (onto the screen). "Next,
     defenestrate the MugWump icon." 5. The act of completely removing
     Micro$oft Windows from a PC in favor of a better OS (typically Linux).