by JazzMusique March 19, 2021
Get the Mental Defenestration mug.When the Overton Window shifts around people that don't change themselves yet end up under different labels afterwards after being thrown out/defenestrated of the original windowframe.
Changing labels without changing those in question in a way similar to the Red Queen Theory where someone needs to keep running in order to stay in the same spot. The running here would be chasing after the shifting Overton Window.
Changing labels without changing those in question in a way similar to the Red Queen Theory where someone needs to keep running in order to stay in the same spot. The running here would be chasing after the shifting Overton Window.
Overton Defenestration occurs when the window throws you out itself while you do nothing in response to the Overton Window shifting around you.
"I was a liberal by the 1990's definition. I guess I still am. My positions haven't changed all that much, but the goalposts have been moved so far that I don't fit in anywhere anymore."
"I was a liberal by the 1990's definition. I guess I still am. My positions haven't changed all that much, but the goalposts have been moved so far that I don't fit in anywhere anymore."
by Devidose July 12, 2021
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The act of throwing something previously thrown out of a window back into said window.
The act of throwing something previously thrown out of a window back into said window.
After an almost instantaneous refenestration of the book I had just thrown out, I was promptly struck in the head by it.
by imshane April 1, 2009
Get the refenestration mug.The act of sending a message in the wrong IM window (or tab) so that your message gets sent to the wrong person.
Dude1999: "You're so hot."
Mom1234: "Wat"
Dude1999: "Oh crap I meant to send that to my girlfriend"
This is a classic example of dysfenestration.
Mom1234: "Wat"
Dude1999: "Oh crap I meant to send that to my girlfriend"
This is a classic example of dysfenestration.
by tclark101 July 13, 2011
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Get the Autoerotic Defestration mug.by kooliosis_lol June 25, 2021
Get the defenenstration mug.to relieve one's bowels out of a window onto a political or societal enemy. essentially a defenestration of poo.
In the famous defecanestration of 2009, Delta Airlines received what they deserved for losing my luggage 3 times in a row.
by basooj January 11, 2010
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