Re: most looked-up words

Tristan Mc Leay scripsit:

> I imagination 'defenestration' found it's way because it's such a cool
> word, who else would've thought there'd be a word for throwing things
> out of windows?
It also has an additional sense nowadays, not yet recognized by general
dictionaries:  "to remove Windows from a computer and replace it with
a libre operating system."

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