Sep 20, 2006 23:22
De‧fen‧es‧tra‧tion[dee-fen-uh-strey-shuhn]: noun
the act of throwing a thing or esp. a person out of a window
A‧cu‧men [uh-kyoo-muhn, ak-yuh-]:noun
keen insight; shrewdness
Example: With great acumen, I realized that the defenestration of my Microeconomics book would make me feel happy now but very very sad tomorrow.