Brews you can use

From a conversation with a fellow parent, discussing how much kids can drive us crazy:

Him: With [my kid], I sometimes got close to what’s the word I’m looking for… ?

Me: Defenestration?

(that wasn’t it by the way…). I will probably always be amused by the fact that “being thrown out a window” has its own word, while other perfectly good fates such as “being gnawed to death by hungry marmots” need to be spelled out in full…

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