> 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).