I was visiting my brother's family recently, watching nieces and nephews chase their new kitten around. The kitten would escape pursuit by jumping up on the sill of an open window, and I warned them, "Hey, be careful kitty doesn't defenestrate herself!"
My brother, whom I consider well educated, asked me what the heck 'defenestrated' meant, so I told him to look it up. He produced a fairly thick paperback dictionary, flipped through it for a few seconds, and declared that it wasn't a real word.
I took the dictionary from him and looked, and sure enough there was no listing for 'defenestrate'. So, I threw it out the window.
8 comments:
Hahahaha!!! That's funny! Defenestrate was a big word at BU because one of the big rules in the dorms was "no defenestration." Anyone who went to BU knows what that word means. That's MY BU not your BU :)
And... I already knew you were that dorky.
I agree... that's funny! (and I have to add, no, I didn't go to BU... and I didn't go to Brandeis for that matter, either)
Made me laugh out loud!
He did demonstrate defenestrate. Words like this is why they still teach Latin.
hahahahaha perfect.
Yup, he did demonstrate defenestrate - and sentences like that are why they still teach alliteration. And sentences like "Words like this is" are why they still teach grammar ;)
amazing. one of my favorite words.
And why we should always proof read before posting to RDB...
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