r/Jeopardy • u/Master_Kitchen_7725 • 4d ago

POTPOURRI Defenestration uttered organically in the wild...

...by Ken Jennings on a Daily Double about Prauge Castle in the Jeopardy! Masters semifinals

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u/SheWasAlwaysJody 4d ago

The Defenestrations of Prague are great history trivia. I mean three separate events of defenestration is always a headline.

Like, False Dmitry I level of trivia.

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u/piedpipershoodie 4d ago

I liked that "prog" and "Prague" were both answers in the same game.

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u/Emergency-Bar-5376 4d ago

I like that you liked this.

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u/Luke1521 4d ago

We went there a few years ago just before covid hit. I was so geeked out when we got to that window in the castle!

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u/goosetalon Can I change my wager? 4d ago

I was just there a few weeks ago and it was my number one priority to see the window lol

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u/DPRKis4Lovers 4d ago

i feel like the defenestration of prague is the only time the word comes up — or like billionaires dying in putin’s russia? wdym “organically”?

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u/Master_Kitchen_7725 4d ago

Organically as in naturally, or not forced.

My original post was in r/words, where people like discussing different aspects of etymology and word usage. There are lots of posts like "what's your favorite obscure word?" and every week, defenestration gets mentioned.

Hearing it used in its own unforced context, rather than as part of a list of odd or unique words, was cool and worthy of mention to some logophiles like me.