Tag: Persona non grata
-
Rock the boat
Phrase: Rock the boat Sometimes you can only take so much bullsh**. Then you have to get things off your chest. When that happens, you tend to rock the boat. Japan is a wonderful country. It’s safe and secure, and nothing much to cause grave concern ever happens here. That’s the problem. I used to…
-
Ostracize
Word of the Day: Ostracize Kids ostracize each other often. Spouses do it, too, from time to time. Even professionals working in offices or different environments are ostracized by their co-workers. To ostracize someone means to avoid them intentionally or to exclude them from participating in group activities. At the extreme end of the scale, it’s a form of bullying. In a…
-
Persona non grata
WotD: Persona non grata If someone is persona non grata, they are not welcome. Although it’s Latin, English speakers still use it today. The most recent example that I can think of is the 2016 presidential election hacking trouble between the United States and Russia. Just before the 2017 New Year’s holidays, the United States declared…
