From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!wombat
Newsgroups: net.general
Title: Re: Little-known humorous English words - (nf)
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1117
Posted: Mon Nov 22 13:16:17 1982
Received: Tue Nov 23 04:51:08 1982

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uicsl!wombat    Nov 22 09:22:00 1982

I ran across defenestration in high school. Seems it was a common
practice in Albania and some other Slavic countries -- that's how
they announced a change in government leadership.