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"Ha! Words of the day! Self-deprecatory. But I'm not sure if I'm pronouncing that right."

"You mean desecration?"

"No, when you put yourself down, all overly-modest-like. Desecration is something you do to a grave or a dollar bill."

"Desecration is like that too, destroying yourself."

"I'm not sure I'm giving you that one. My word is self-deprecatory. Which a friend of mine pointed out could be exchanged for self-defecating."

*snort*

"Kay, next one... defenestrate."

"Wha?"

"It means to throw someone out a window, although, to me it sounds like what they do when you're skinned alive. I just can't remember that word at the moment."

"No way. That is so not a word. Just because you read it on a website does NOT mean it's a word. It's not a word I've ever heard."

"Yeah, but I'm good with stuff like that."

"Oh, REALLY? Did I ever tell you I was an English major? I'm getting my dictionary..... how do you spell it again?"

"D-e-f-e-n-e-s.."

"HA! It's not here. It's not in the dictionary. It's not a word. English major, I told you, right?"

"What year is that dictionary? 2002? Didn't you know they actually update those things now? Let me email you the link to an ONLINE dictionary."

"...oh."

"English major, you say?"

"Fuck you."

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[burgle]

Defenestrate wasn't in the dictionary?

Kids these days....

I'm really curious about what the word for being skinned alive is.

[Chris]

I think it is flense. That sounds right to me. The only other word I can think of is flechette, but I think that is a weapon of some kind, like a little knife or something else sharp anyway. Yeah, it's gotta be flense. Icky either way.

[Jen&HerBoat]

ha! Flense! That's it. Way to be, Chris.