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by yellowcake0 1953 days ago
To be fair, I've never heard someone use the word defenestrate unironically.
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Depends on your social circle.

It’s used among the gentry in the UK when referring to board members of various types if they are ejected with force.

https://magpiebrule.ca/2021/01/12/the-self-defenestration-of...

Andrew Scheer (former Conservative Party of Canada leader) learned this recently.

Same here. I think we could also coin and use on the fly the word "refenestrate" which would be to throw some back throw someone back into a window they have just been thrown out of and "emphenestrate" which would be to throw someone through a window into a building.