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Ostrichized 

The act of becoming excluded from a social grouping through putting your head in the sand and ignoring what is going on.

A phrase popularized by the Northern English pixie movement.

Alternatively spelt as ostrichised by those who mistakenly think a zed is an Americanized spelling.
Janet found herself ostrichized from the group in the pub, because she refused to acknowledge the reality that John was boffing Julie on the sly.
Ostrichized by ® Andy October 22, 2008

Ostrichsized 

The size of an ostrich.
From the words ostrich and size, commonly confused with ostracized.
Q: "so how high was the surf?"
A: "ostrichsized"
Ostrichsized by Dennis Wormald October 11, 2007

Ostrichized 

Having been turned into an ostrich, or having acquired ostrich-like characteristics.
The ornithophobes wouldn't play with Billy after he was ostrichized because they couldn't bear to look him in the beak.

"If you don't get on board with this project plan, I'll have you ostrichized and you can spend your days hatching eggs!"
Ostrichized by McFLY42 April 9, 2009

ostrichicize 

To bury one's head in the sand, to be oblivious of. To refuse to pay attention to; disregard.
See, Cheese, now the verb ostrichisize is referenced on an internet dictionary.
ostrichicize by Guillaume February 9, 2005

ostrichsize 

Ostrichsize (ös’trich-siz’) v
1. to stick one’s head in the sand
2. to take no notice of dating abuse

synonyms: ignore, disregard, avoid

antonyms: learn, look out, step up, speak out

For example: see www.reachma.org/pavenet
You know your friend is an a bad relationship. Their partner puts them down, tells them what they can do, who they can see, etc.

If you decide to do nothing about it, then you ostrichsize.

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
Word of the Day on May 25, 2026