+367 When you use the word "ostracize," you think of an ostrich, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

When i use the word 'ostracize' i usually think "the fuck does that word even mean?"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Why would you use it then? :D

by Anonymous 12 years ago

To sound smart.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But if you don't know what it means, then you could sound really stupid.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

.....what does it even mean?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

outcast, exclude... like black people in aspen, not a part of the majority=ostracized

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Thank you.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I used to confuse it and "circumcise". That led to some awkward conversations.

by Anonymous 12 years ago