autodafe

1. Public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition.
2. The public execution of those sentences by secular authorities, especially by burning at the stake

As used in The Mars Volta's song, Televators

by Krow October 8, 2004

Autodafe

A bad ass lyric from a bad ass band from the greatest band ever the mars volta

You should have seen
The curse that flew right by you
Page of concrete
Stain walks crutch in hobbled sway
Autodafe
A capulary hint of red

by marxvsmith July 5, 2004

Autodafe (auto.da.fe)

Auto - da - fe
Auto de fé in medieval Spanish (and in Portuguese) means "act of faith". The phrase is used most frequently in English in its alternative Portuguese form auto-da-fé.

In the popular imagination, "auto-da-fé" has come to refer to burning at the stake for heresy.

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"Stained walks crutch in hobbled sway
Autodafe (auto.da.fe)
A capulary hint of red"

"Mel Brooks' movie History of the World, Part I (1981) featured a passage set in the Spanish Inquisition Torquemada (Brooks) had the following musical exchange with his monks:

-Auto Da Fé, what's an Auto Da Fé?

-It's what you oughtn't to do but you do anyway!"

by Smawrt June 12, 2009

autodefenestration

The act of throwing oneself out a window.

From defenestration, the act of throwing something out a window.

Fred's emotional pain led to his autodefenestration.

by AbnormalBoy August 29, 2004

autodefenestrate

To eject oneself from a window. See also defenestrate.

After a frustrating morning at the office, Thomas resorted to defenestration to relieve his stress...

Earlier that day "Ah, donkey sh*t, Internet Explorer's crashed again. Damn that autodefenestrating program."

by Yossarian February 20, 2004

Post-coital autodefenistration

Sobering up while having sex, then realizing how ugly she is and throwing yourself out the window.

John: how did he die?
Betsy-sue: he came on my face and jumped out the window.
John: ah, the old Post-coital autodefenistration. This is your third?

by This is my name, bitch March 12, 2010

autodefecate

involuntarily defecate usually in one's under-clothing; soil oneself; shit one's pants

Mr. Hervy discovered that he had autodefecated in the midst of an important meeting

by namklaw December 11, 2011