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Out in the Cold

Arguably worse than being physically cold is being frozen out of a social group or situation. The steely-eyed gaze, the dismissive sneer -- give me a frigid wind or the common cold over the cold shoulder any day! Here are fifteen words for shutting people or ideas out completely, without mercy.
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