<span>When a social group is isolated for a long time, customs tend to ossify - making change difficult.
The verb <em>to ossify </em>in its primary meaning refers to bones hardening, to stiffening, fossilizing, solidifying, hardening. Its metaphorical meaning would be to stagnate, to cause difficulties, to cease developing, which is the meaning in the sentence above. </span>
Is this a literal question? hum or sing or talk to someone... read maybe? <span />
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THIS IS INDIAN JOKE.
SISTER: SALE KUTE REMOTE PAKDA
BROTHER : TERI MA KUTI
SISTER : MAMMA BHAI AAP KO KUTA BOL RAHA HE
BROTHER : MAMMA KO KAHA MERE MOO SE NIKAL GHI ME MAR HI JAO GHA.
DADDY : CHAL NIKAL MERE GHAR SE
You can often tell what a word means by its context in a sentence.
Context can help a lot when you don't understand what a certain word means, so depending on it, it can mean one thing or another.
