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Narrator: Shun. A verb, pronounced SHUN — in phonetics, /ʃʌn/.
Narrator: To shun means to deliberately avoid someone or something — to reject contact, attention, or involvement on purpose.
Narrator: It comes from the Old English 'scunian', to abhor or shrink back from — a strong sense of pulling away from something unwanted.
Narrator: Its meaning has held steady for centuries, often carrying a social weight: communities that shun an outcast, or a person who shuns the limelight.
Narrator: In tone, shun is formal and emphatic, stronger than 'avoid', common in writing about society, ethics, and personal choice.
Narrator: So keep this in mind: to shun is to deliberately avoid — to keep well away from something on purpose.
Speaker A: She tends to shun big parties — she'd much rather have a quiet night in.
Speaker B: Understandable. To 'shun' means to deliberately avoid someone or something.
Speaker A: Exactly. The company was shunned by customers after the scandal broke.
Speaker B: Quick tip — shun is stronger and more deliberate than 'avoid'. You shun something on purpose, often as a clear choice.
Speaker A: Right. So I might avoid traffic, but I shun gossip on principle.
Speaker B: Exactly. A close cousin is 'avoid', though avoid is milder, while shun suggests a firm, pointed rejection.
Speaker A: Handy. So shun is to keep firmly and deliberately away.
Speaker B: Perfectly. Shun: avoid it on purpose, completely.
Speaker B: Today 'shun' is our memory hook for prompts about deliberately avoiding bad practices — steering clear of anti-patterns, unsafe code, and risky shortcuts.
Speaker A: So the word reminds us to tell the AI what to firmly avoid, not just what to do?
Speaker B: Exactly. Let's start with security.
Speaker B: It works because 'shun' frames what to deliberately avoid.
Speaker A: Nice. What about CSS?
Speaker B: Try this.
Speaker A: Right, 'shun' makes the avoid-bad-habits idea obvious.
Speaker B: Now a function.
Speaker B: Calling it 'shun' keeps the steer-clear focus clear.
Speaker A: Can we do accessibility?
Speaker B: Here's a tight one.
Speaker A: And one for dependencies?
Speaker B: This one's memorable.
Speaker A: I love how 'shun' makes 'deliberately avoid the bad stuff' easy to recall.
Speaker B: That's the trick — say 'shun', and the AI actively steers clear of risky anti-patterns instead of quietly slipping them into the code.
Shun — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary