Please Do Not Throw Me Out A Window

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"Yeah, so if 'disaster' means that things are going wrong then 'aster' means things are going right because the prefix 'dis' means 'not'," Robin explained to Megan, who didn't quite get his liking of destroying the English language.

"That's not a real thing, Robin," Wally said, half focused on their conversation, half focused on the TV.

"Yes it is, actually. For some words at least. Gruntled is a real word, opposite of disgruntled and exactly the kind of thing that Robin just described," Phantom spoke up.

"Really?" Superboy asked.

"Yep. There's words for a lot of things. There's a word for throwing someone out a window, really wanting to be someone's friend, and the day after tomorrow," Phantom explained.

"There's a word for throwing someone out a window?" Megan asked, a bit more than a little concerned.

"There's a word for the day after tomorrow?" Wally asked.

"Yeah. Defenestrating is throwing someone out of a window, a platonic crush is called a squish, and the day after tomorrow is overmorrow," Phantom grinned.

"I am so gonna be using those," Artemis said.

"Who was throwing people out of a window so often they decided it needed a word?" Robin asked.

Phantom shrugged.

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