To use the fact you were only following orders to escape prosecution. Used by Nazi Germany's military officers in Nuremberg when they were on trial for their treatment of the Jews, when they claimed to have nothing to do with it, only doing what they were told to do.
It is seen elsewhere in history... one example would be Oliver North's trial after the Watergate scandal, in which he claimed their illegal activity was just them following orders.
It is seen elsewhere in history... one example would be Oliver North's trial after the Watergate scandal, in which he claimed their illegal activity was just them following orders.
by Vr June 9, 2005
Get the Nuremberg defense mug.Noun. (defenestration) the act of throwing something or someone out of a window
Verb. (defenestrate) to throw something or someone out of a window
The different degrees of defenestration correspond with the number of floors the victim has to fall.
from latin:
de-down
fenestra-window
Verb. (defenestrate) to throw something or someone out of a window
The different degrees of defenestration correspond with the number of floors the victim has to fall.
from latin:
de-down
fenestra-window
(defenestration from three stories)
Tyrone: Woah! Jaheed's so angry he just threw dat' ho out da' window!
La-a:AAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (splat)
Jaheed: Defenestration in da' third degree ho'!
(sentence
Sometimes a suicide by jumping out of a window isn't really suicide but actually defenestration to commit murder.
Tyrone: Woah! Jaheed's so angry he just threw dat' ho out da' window!
La-a:AAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (splat)
Jaheed: Defenestration in da' third degree ho'!
(sentence
Sometimes a suicide by jumping out of a window isn't really suicide but actually defenestration to commit murder.
by The #1 Defenestrator January 24, 2013
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Significant Other Dependency Syndrome or SODS effects millions of north americans. The symptoms include but are not limited to : change in sleep patterns ex. staying in and passing out by 10 on a friday night, decreased attention on ones personal fitness level (often referred to as comfort weight), the inability to sleep comfortably alone, the necessity to be in constant contact and in severe cases they even multiply.
These people often socialize with their own type. It is very uncommon to find only a couple people with SODS at a party. They used to go through a ritual so we could identify these people easily by a quick glance at their left hand but now many have abandoned this ritual which leaves them unnoticed.
These people often socialize with their own type. It is very uncommon to find only a couple people with SODS at a party. They used to go through a ritual so we could identify these people easily by a quick glance at their left hand but now many have abandoned this ritual which leaves them unnoticed.
"Did you go to that house party last night?"
"Yea, it was terrible! Everyone there had Significant Other Dependency Syndrome (SODS)"
"Yea, it was terrible! Everyone there had Significant Other Dependency Syndrome (SODS)"
by CynicalCanadian October 24, 2011
Get the Significant Other Dependency Syndrome (SODS) mug.The skills you need to master and use to protect yourself from home invasion, robbery, or other personal attack by greasy haired Pachucos, Crips, Bloods, and other criminals.
If you want protect yourself from attacks by Pachucos and other criminals, you have to learn self defense.
Liberals call Self Defense "taking the law into your own hands." They do not want people to defend themselves against criminals.
Liberals call Self Defense "taking the law into your own hands." They do not want people to defend themselves against criminals.
by Cap'n Bullmoose October 26, 2008
Get the Self Defense mug.Loose association of football thugs, British nationalists, petty criminals and out-and-out-racists who claim they're defending the UK from Islamic extremism by going on Stella and Cocaine fuelled rampages through towns and cities with high muslim populations.
Popular songs on English Defence League demonstrations include "Allah is a Paedo", "Allah, Allah, Who the fuck is Allah?" "Burn A Mosque"and "We Want Our Country Back".
The English Defence League claims to be educating the population at large about the threat muslims, sorry, "islamic extremism" poses to "our way of life". They also think that pork products have the same effect on muslims that garlic has on vampires. Unsurprisingly, the population at large finds them to be varyingly rabid, pig ignorant, stultifyingly ill-informed or a combination of all three. Or doesn't even know who they are.
Popular songs on English Defence League demonstrations include "Allah is a Paedo", "Allah, Allah, Who the fuck is Allah?" "Burn A Mosque"and "We Want Our Country Back".
The English Defence League claims to be educating the population at large about the threat muslims, sorry, "islamic extremism" poses to "our way of life". They also think that pork products have the same effect on muslims that garlic has on vampires. Unsurprisingly, the population at large finds them to be varyingly rabid, pig ignorant, stultifyingly ill-informed or a combination of all three. Or doesn't even know who they are.
"Who are that bunch of sorry clowns that closed our town centre down last weekend?"
"What, the ones that look and sound like the National Front?"
"Yeah, that lot".
"Oh, that's the English Defence League".
"What, the ones that look and sound like the National Front?"
"Yeah, that lot".
"Oh, that's the English Defence League".
by EDLULZ March 20, 2011
Get the English Defence League mug.My defenestration was complete when I replaced my Dell with an iMac and synced my iPad and iPhone with it.
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Get the defenestration mug.Re defining a word you wrote a defenition of. I don't know anywhere you can edit your defenition, I'm a beginner, so this is something for beginners until they figure it out.
Because I didn't like how in my nu metal def that I put in Limp Bizkit as an example of nu metal, so I'll write a re-defenition/or red-define about it.
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