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Post by MulaiAzhagi Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:19 am

http://gothamist.com/2012/08/03/video_nearly_naked_man_jumps_defene.php

===> How many of you knew what the word 'defenestrate' means?

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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:23 am

i did. it means to throw out the window. comes from german fenster which means window. fenstermacher is a german last name similar to schumacher.
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Post by MulaiAzhagi Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:28 am

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:i did. it means to throw out the window. comes from german fenster which means window. fenstermacher is a german last name similar to schumacher.

===> I knew that. There was a column in the Washington Post long back about the defenestration of John Sununu from the Bush 41 whitehouse.

BTW fenester is a latin word.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/de+fenestration

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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:30 am

ok so both the english and german word have a latin root.
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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:44 am

MulaiAzhagi wrote:
MaxEntropy_Man wrote:i did. it means to throw out the window. comes from german fenster which means window. fenstermacher is a german last name similar to schumacher.

===> I knew that. There was a column in the Washington Post long back about the defenestration of John Sununu from the Bush 41 whitehouse.

BTW fenester is a latin word.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/de+fenestration

There is a sub-sub field in Engineering called "Fenestration" within the fields of architecture, Building technology, and air conditioning.

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Post by Guest Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:47 am

MulaiAzhagi wrote:http://gothamist.com/2012/08/03/video_nearly_naked_man_jumps_defene.php

===> How many of you knew what the word 'defenestrate' means?

I didn't. I googled.

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