Taboo

What do we mean by taboo?

A ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion. noun

A prohibition, especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands, excluding something from use, approach, or mention because of its sacred and inviolable nature. noun

An object, word, or act protected by such a prohibition. noun

Excluded or forbidden from use, approach, or mention. adjective

To exclude from use, approach, or mention; place under taboo. transitive verb

To put under taboo; disallow, or forbid the use of; interdict approach to, or contact or intercourse with; hence, to ban, exclude, or ostracize by personal authority or social influence: as, to taboo the use of tobacco; a tabooed person or subject (one not to be mentioned or discussed).

Among the Polynesians and other races of the South Pacific, separated or set apart either as forbidden or as sacred; placed under ban or prohibition; consecrated either to exclusion or avoidance or to special use, regard, or service; hence, in English use, forbidden; interdicted.

Among the Polynesians and other races of the South Pacific, a system, practice, or act whereby persons, things, places, actions, or words are or may be placed under a ban, curse, or prohibition, or set apart as sacred or privileged in some specific manner, usually with very severe penalties for infraction. noun

Hence A prohibitory or restraining injunction or demonstration; restraint or exclusion, as from social intercourse or from use, imposed by some controlling influence; ban; prohibition; ostracism: as, to put a person or a thing under taboo. See the verb. noun

A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction. noun

To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of. transitive verb

Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties; interdicted. adjective

An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. noun

Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred. noun

Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention. adjective

To mark as taboo. verb

To ban. verb

To avoid. verb

Declare as sacred and forbidden verb

An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.

(in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

Something that is generally not talked about. A topic that makes people unforfortable like death, cancer, AIDS, child prostitution, inner family rape... Urban Dictionary

Something that is out of the ordinary and goes against the norm. Generally unspoken about and often frowned upon. Can be a practice, culture, person or thing. Urban Dictionary

Pretty common shit nowadays... Urban Dictionary

Singer from the black eyed peas that looks like a monkey with long black greasy hair Urban Dictionary

Something i break all the time Urban Dictionary

Avoided a lot Urban Dictionary

Taboo: Something that is old or out of date, it is mentioned as an out-of-date object in the Broadway play RENT. Urban Dictionary

Noun. The act of giving someone a scare. Ta -- boo! Urban Dictionary

Love affair or trouble Urban Dictionary

Something that is viewed as forbidden by society’s standards and therefore is rarely talked about openly. Some are less taboo then they were in the past and some are more then ever taboo. And while most have to do with sex, some taboos have to do with food, and others beliefs, and all of them will bring a conversation to a dead stop if you bring them up because these are all things most people do not what to talk about. Example’s of modern day taboo’s: cannibalism; incest; pedophilia; necrophilia; bestiality; miscegenation; adultery; nudity; masturbation; homosexuality; bisexuality; anal sex; having a fetish;BDSM; pornography; rape; suicide; drug addiction; divorce; depression; death; AIDs; cancer; racism; eating dogs, cats, horses and other pets; eating insects such as weevils and maggots; drinking blood; using certain four letter words; menstruation; religion; one’s political views, and how much money you make. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to taboo:
taboo, tabor, baboo, tatoo, tabo, naboo, tabou, aboo, tablo, saboo, faboo.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word taboo:
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Words that rhyme with taboo:
to, through, blue, into, do, you, que, view, pursue, hew, purview, review, queue, eschew, accrue, cue, new, true, due, two, screw, coup, rue, slew, revenue, shoe, imbue, crew, too, u, hue, lieu, tissue, skew, ensue, stew, few, rendezvous, construe, avenue, breakthrough, guru, brew, debut, sue, who, ado, boo, flu, hitherto, strew, woo, overview, shrew, ewe, yahoo, glue, coo, bamboo, subdue, clue, loo, redo, outdo, undo, tattoo, retinue, poo, undue, pew, spew, thru, askew, adieu, vue, q, ingenue, goo, statue, interview, lulu, dew, barbecue, anew, vu, yew, cuckoo, renew, canoe, xu, emu, residue, chew, shue, gnu, flue, mew, zoo, overdo, roux.

Adjectives that are often used to describe taboo:
social, sexual, last, strong, cultural, strict, religious, old, universal, ancient, long, general, ultimate, longer, powerful, incest, traditional, absolute, broken, nuclear, sacred, primitive, tribal, partum, menstrual, unspoken, less, greatest, moral, big, standing, widespread, societal, rigid, fundamental, strongest, polynesian, serious, linguistic, anal, racial, verbal, virtual, definite, biggest, mysterious, unwritten, sister, totemic, rigorous, severe, usual, culturally, strange, victorian, irrational, stronger, savage, subject, dietary, stringent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective taboo:
subject, subjects, words, topic, topics, word, area, system, areas, nature, violation, language, issues, period, status, food, name, behavior, issue, object, list, character, prohibitions, breaking, foods, sign, violations, themes, activities, terms, rules, relationship, territory, act, items, expressions, term, house, restrictions, breaker, question, concept, material, theme, search, customs, objects, scale, animals, acts, matter, sex, desires, names, ground, practices, animal, relationships, zone, morality, dimension, reaction, quality, tree, behaviors, sexuality, desire, thoughts, signs, prohibition, aspect, relatives, regulations, feelings, periods, everything, behaviour, category, speech, fantasies.

Consonant match to taboo:
turbo, tabby, tuber, tabor, tuba, toby, turbot, tiber, tb, tubby, to be, taber, tobey, tae bo, tubber, tibi, toyboy, tobie, to-be, tauber, toy boy, tober, tobar, turbo-, tibby, tebo, thibeault, to buy, t b, taibi, t be, ta b, ta be, tab a, tab b, tab e, tab o, tae be, te be, tea be, tebeau, ter be, teuber, thai be, ti be, tibbie, tie be, to b, to bo, to by, tobe a, tobu, toe be, toe by, too be, too by, tow by, tu be, tu bi, tu by, tub a, tub by, tub he, tub i, tube a, tube b, tube be, tube by, tube e, tube he, tube high, tube i, tube o, two b, two be, two by, ty be.

Words that sound like taboo:
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