demonstration

n 1: the act of presenting something; "he gave the customer a

demonstration" [syn: {presentation}, {presentment}]

2: a show of military force or preparedness; "he confused the

enemy with feints and demonstrations"

3: a public display of group feelings; "there were violent

demonstrations against the war"

4: proof of a logical theorem [syn: {logical proof}]

5: a visual presentation showing how something works; "the

lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations" [syn:

{demo}]

defenestration

(From the traditional Czechoslovakian method of

assassinating prime ministers, via SF fandom) 1. Proper karmic

retribution for an incorrigible punster. "Oh, ghod, that was

▫awful▫!" "Quick! Defenestrate him!"

2. The act of exiting a window system in order to get better

response time from a full-screen program. This comes from the

dictionary meaning of "defenestrate", which is to throw

something out a window.

3. The act of discarding something under the assumption that

it will improve matters. "I don't have any disk space left."

"Well, why don't you defenestrate that 100 megs worth of old

core dumps?"

[{Jargon File}]

(1996-05-13)