Dictionary.com takes a $tand

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 12:16 am

Get a load of this shit:

n. [mythically from a traditional Czech assasination method, via SF fandom] 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 creen). "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).

Wait. Excuse me. Just a second. "Micro$oft."?!?! The... fuck?

Jethro Q. Walrustitty · Mon Nov 17, 2003 9:04 am

Note the source. "Jargon File". Dictionary.com just uses other references, they don't write the stuff on their own.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 10:38 am

Who are these bitches over at Jargon File, then? The fuck is up with that shit?

"Micro$oft"? Seriously. DUDE. DUUUU-EEWWWWWD.

Worm · Post by **Worm** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 3:49 pm

That'$ how they fight the power.