Re: [TCLUG:22936] defenestration?

[Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org>]

On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 12:32:39AM -0500, Joel Schneider wrote:
> When looking up the word "defenestration" on dictionary.com today, I
> received an unexpected surprise:
> 
>     defenestration
>     n.
>     An act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
> 
>     or...
> 
>     5. The act of completely removing Micro$oft Windows from a PC in
>     favor of a better OS (typically Linux).
> 
> I found the fact that dictionary.com's response to this query included
> the (misspelled?) word "Micro$oft" to be oddly pleasing...

You forgot to mention that the #5 definition above is from the Jargon File
section of the page, which makes the M$ spelling understandable, perhaps even
expected.  If only it were from the American Heritage Dictionary's
definition...

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