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Re: OT: Humor: was Re: Profiles (WAS: Re: Conlang-to-body-shape connections)

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 16, 2003, 7:05
 --- Pablo David Flores skrzypszy:

> > Hehe, French does have "défenestrer" in the first sense, but I never heard > > it for the second one ;))) . > > Isn't it used in the figurative sense? Spanish has "defenestrar" > as a synonym for "destroying someone's career" or "dismiss > and humiliate publicly" and so on (especially referring to > politicians).
Coined in Wenedyk: "dziewniastrar" (to give the sack) Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer