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I'm afraid I'm far too literal. I always thought "defenestration" meant the actual removal of windows, as opposed to the disposal of things, and political epochs, from windows.

When I worked in Britain as a secretary a very long time ago, I worked for some property developers and they always talked about the "fensetration" of buildings in their dictation. Occasionally I had to rewind the tape to make sure they weren't speaking of something slightly more vulgar.

Callipygian is surely a more pleasing word, both in form and subject.

Small words can be fun too. Just yesterday, I was thinking in the shower that my favorite German word is probably "wesen" (were). A bit light on the finish, but with an awfully good mouth-feel.

I saw something in San Francisco once that Joel called "defenesturbation."

"Kerfuffle" is an interesting one. I learned it from a UK friend's email maybe a couple of years ago, used it once in a while myself after that, and have been surprised to find it suddenly turning up in political columnists' work just in the last few months. Others noticed this word becoming suddenly prominent?

If I might be sold bold to introduce a phrase rather than a word, "Lexus Liberal" might be a more appropriate subject for discusssion.

I've heard this term around. What, exactly, does it mean?