On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Yep! I got the very same answer on kdict! For those like me to that use regurlaly dictionaries.... Beware.....
Ricardo Castanho >I loaded gdict (I would assume that this would work with kdict as well), which >is set to use the server dict.org on port 2628. I then entered the word >"defenestration" (without the quotes). Here's what I got: > >defenestration n. mythically from a traditional Czech >assasination method, via SF fandom 1. Proper karmic retribution >for an incorrigible punster. "Oh, ghod, that was _awful_!" "Quick! >Defenestrate him!" 2. The act of exiting a window system in order to >get better response time from a full-screen program. This comes from >the dictionary meaning of `defenestrate', which is to throw something out >a window. 3. The act of discarding something under the assumption that >it will improve matters. "I don't have any disk space left." "Well, >why don't you defenestrate that 100 megs worth of old core dumps?" >4. Under a GUI, the act of dragging something out of a window (onto >the screen). "Next, defenestrate the MugWump icon." 5. The act of >completely removing Micro$oft Windows from a PC in favor of a better OS >(typically Linux). > >Can anyone verify this? > > Ricardo Castanho -- ========================================================== Linux user # 102240 => Machine # 96125 => Seti@home user ==========================================================
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