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What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? (leminal.space)
submitted 1 month ago by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.

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[โ€“] Doxatek@mander.xyz 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Defenestration. Throwing someone out of a window. Example the defenestration of prague

[โ€“] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

I like to make the joke whenever someone mentions a Russian doctor falling out of a window or something:

There's defense and there's defenestration.

[โ€“] weeeeum@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

And Russian oligarchs

[โ€“] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago

It's composed of de- an fenestra, the latter meaning window.

So literally de-windowing