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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>defenestration</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="deep-space.html" title="deep space"/><link rel="next" href="defined-as.html" title="defined as"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">defenestration</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="deep-space.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="defined-as.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="defenestration"/><dt xmlns="" id="defenestration"><b>defenestration</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [mythically from a traditional Bohemian assassination method, via SF
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fandom] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. Proper karmic retribution for an incorrigible punster.
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“<span class="quote">Oh, ghod, that was <span class="emphasis"><em>awful</em></span>!</span>” “<span class="quote">Quick!
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Defenestrate him!</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 2. The act of completely removing Micro$oft Windows from a PC in
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favor of a better OS (typically Linux).</p></dd><dd><p> 3. The act of discarding something under the assumption that it will
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improve matters. “<span class="quote">I don't have any disk space left.</span>”
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“<span class="quote">Well, why don't you defenestrate that 100 megs worth of old core
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dumps?</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 4. Under a GUI, the act of dragging something out of a window (onto
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the screen). “<span class="quote">Next, defenestrate the MugWump icon.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 5. [obs.] The act of exiting a window system in order to get better
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response time from a full-screen program. This comes from the dictionary
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meaning of <span class="firstterm">defenestrate</span>, which is to
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throw something out a window. </p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="deep-space.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="defined-as.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">deep space </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> defined as</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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