When one is shunned, spoken ill of and otherwise ripped to shreds for reasons real or imagined. This phenomenon is seen in business, social groups and educational institutes.
Although the most effective leader their organization had ever had, she was ostercized when she disagreed with the newmanager.
A hardo is a person who tries extremely hard at everything. Most times a hardo will try very hard at things that do not require excessive effort. For example, sports practices, gym class, etc.
Wow did you see Jack at practice today? What a hardo!