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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Being french, defenestration is a word that is somehow common knowledge and this amaze me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

In fairness, the French word for window being fenêtre helps, especially if you know that ê often represents an older form that was spelled with es instead (which it does here).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I only learned about it from Magic the Gathering :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

"Pay 2 black, 1 colorless, throw your opponent's hand out the window."