defenestrate

[gwray]

most impressive use of the word is in "A Nauseous Nocturne" from Calvin & Hobbes http://bradshawfamily.net/~samuel/comic ... /poems.php

[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.

[Perry Lassiter]

And thanks for the reminder of that great comic strip that I keep hoping will un-defenstrate!

[LukeJavan8]

Welcome gwray

[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.

[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.

[Perry Lassiter]

Would a Unitarian credit Mary with maneuvering them into the manure pile?
Thanks for the ref to Quinlon. I bookmarked his site.

[gailr]

I have ancestors from that area; I shall have to ask mom what they said while falling...

:'evil' smile:

[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.

[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.