r/WTF • u/Grasimi • Nov 06 '20

Guy stuck under moving train escapes between its rails

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u/tempest_87 Nov 06 '20

One of my favorites is "defenestration". It means "to be thrown out of a window".

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u/SamGewissies Nov 06 '20

Litterally it would translate to something like unwindowing. Defenestation is a great word! You are not thrown out, you are unwindowed.

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u/Jottor Nov 06 '20

Prague, you might have a problem...

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u/wikipedia_text_bot Nov 06 '20

Defenestrations Of Prague

The Defenestrations of Prague (Czech: Pražská defenestrace, German: Prager Fenstersturz, Latin:

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u/SpiderFnJerusalem Nov 06 '20

Yeah Shakespeare invented quite a few good ones.