when a group of people, apparently friends, single out an individual to put their head in the sand.
at the beach, a number of friends ostrigised a certain person for his/her anti-social behaviour and he/she was made to bury their head in the sand for an hour.
verb. When playing pick-up football games on the weekends, the act of a defense player hitting and offensive player low and the offensive player flipping forward and landing headfirst in the dirt. The act is similar to an ostrich putting his head into the ground.
After talking smack throughout the whole game, he returned the kickoff and and ran straight at the target of his words, only to be ostricized and receive a face full of dirt, embarrassing him in front of his peers.
verb (tr)
1. to exclude or banish (a person) from a particular group, society, etc
2. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Reservoir) to punish by temporary exile
"Cristinafelt ostracised upon finding that she had not been invited to Sophie's housewarming party"
or
"Not to worry sister, we can be ostracised together."
A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.
For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flyingeverywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flexcash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.