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also tabu
as in forbidden
that may not be permitted
asking a guest how much money he or she makes is strictly taboo because it's a rude question to ask a stranger
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also tabu
1
as in prohibition
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as in anathema
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Recent Examples of taboo
Kristin Auble, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2024
This new chapter of Shields’ life is also about creating conversations for women and dispelling taboo topics.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 10 Oct. 2024
Armond White, National Review, 18 Oct. 2024
With Venus in Scorpio energizing your eighth house (taboo, intimacy and transformation) and Pluto in Capricorn lighting up your 10th house (career, reputation and authority), this sextile brings a powerful opportunity to make transformative moves in both your professional and personal life.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The subject that was once taboo is now gaining momentum thanks to the 1.1 billion women worldwide who will be in menopause in 2025, many of them Gen X’ers and millennials entering this new phase of life and unwilling to suffer the negative health effects in silence.
—Kristin Auble, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2024
This new chapter of Shields’ life is also about creating conversations for women and dispelling taboo topics.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 10 Oct. 2024
Noun
Like Larry Clark, Baker approves taboo and mistakes outrage for rebellion.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Oct. 2024
With Venus in Scorpio energizing your eighth house (taboo, intimacy and transformation) and Pluto in Capricorn lighting up your 10th house (career, reputation and authority), this sextile brings a powerful opportunity to make transformative moves in both your professional and personal life.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for taboo
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Within the forbidden halls of Division Five, Suzie finds all the windows covered with plywood.Chris Klimek, Vulture, 10 July 2024
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Countless vampire stories make the allure of the vampire as some sort of forbidden fruit—tantalizing, but a bite will invariably lead to ruin.James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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That prohibition did not explicitly cover online sales, but the city of San Diego is one of a number of local governments that adopted laws to eliminate any potential loophole.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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There is no prohibition in statute of law that would keep a county from keeping their registrar's office open on the weekend to collect absentee ballots.Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Even typing that out feels almost anti-American, anathema to the ethos of hard work and ambition that has propelled so many of the great minds and ideas that have changed the world.Jason Schreier, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
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This is anathema to FutureDawn’s status as an ethical fund, but Petra doesn’t care.Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2024
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For example, Customs and Border Protection in the United States maintains a list of prohibited and restricted items for anyone entering the US and links to other departments if permits are required.Erica Kasper, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
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Travelers can visit the CBP website to learn more about prohibited and restricted items.Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2024
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That’s a no-no in this market that needs beats and raises to send stocks higher, especially for a stock where there is still some investor frustration on whether these big AI bets will pay off.Jeff Marks, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
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Obviously, garlic was a big no-no on the ingredients list.Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
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McDonald's has introduced the Chicken Big Mac, and just saying it out loud sounds like an abomination of nature.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
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Though some will argue that what's known as Hawaiian Pizza is an abomination.Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2024
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Harris has been interrupted at campaign stops and rallies across the country by demonstrators calling on her to break with President Joe Biden and support an arms embargo on Israel.By Nik Popli/East Lansing, Mich., TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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On October 7, Macron demanded an arms embargo against Israel.Daniel Markind, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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There’s an itch to depict Diddy as a Black Jeffrey Epstein, the ringleader of clandestine, A-list perversion.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
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Spanish officials also accused Vives of criminal conspiracy, fraud and perversion of justice and are currently seeking a six year prison sentence for the executive.Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Taboo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taboo. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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