defenestration

n. [mythically from a traditional Bohemian assassination method, via SF
fandom] 1. Proper karmic retribution for an incorrigible punster. Oh, ghod,
that was awful ! Quick! Defenestrate him! 2. The act of completely removing
Micro$oft Windows from a PC in favor of a better OS (typically Linux). 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. [obs.] 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.

