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Novinha
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29 Oct 2007, 9:15 pm

People getting thrown out of windows, yeah. But it's just such a cool word.


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29 Oct 2007, 9:24 pm

Novinha wrote:
People getting thrown out of windows, yeah. But it's just such a cool word.


Defenestrate sounds more like a horticultural term, though I do know what it means.


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29 Oct 2007, 9:34 pm

As in "I think I'll defenestrate the garden today." ?
*imagines someone throwing a garden out of a window, and laughs*

One for people who know a bit of music theory: hemiola.


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29 Oct 2007, 9:50 pm

Who_Am_I wrote:
As in "I think I'll defenestrate the garden today." ?
*imagines someone throwing a garden out of a window, and laughs*


I was thinking of it meaning removing flowers....


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29 Oct 2007, 10:08 pm

Quatermass wrote:
Who_Am_I wrote:
As in "I think I'll defenestrate the garden today." ?
*imagines someone throwing a garden out of a window, and laughs*


I was thinking of it meaning removing flowers....


Yeah, I know, I thought of that, but then I thought of its actual meaning and got that image in my head.


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30 Oct 2007, 1:58 pm

I'm almost there even though I joined in May.