Word taboo, also called taboo language, offensive word, language taboo or linguistic taboo is a kind of taboo that involves restricting the use of words...

Taboo is a word, guessing, and party game published by Parker Brothers in 1989 (subsequently purchased by Hasbro). The objective of the game is for a...

others and therefore creates a feeling of "belonging". The meaning of the word taboo has been somewhat expanded in the social sciences to strong prohibitions...

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A noa-name is a word that replaces a taboo word, generally out of fear that the true name would anger or summon the force or being in question. The term...

in other Polynesian cultures, from whence came the English word "taboo." The Hawaiian word kapu is usually translated to English as "forbidden", though...

other societal prohibitions. Many of these prohibitions constitute taboos. Many food taboos and other prohibitions forbid the meat of a particular animal,...

alter the pronunciation or spelling of a taboo word (such as profanity) to form a euphemism is known as taboo deformation, or a minced oath. Such modifications...

Pork is a food taboo among several religions, including Jews, Muslims, and some Christian denominations. Swine were prohibited in ancient Syria and Phoenicia...

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Dictionary writes that "this word is one of the most controversial in English, and is liable to be considered offensive or taboo in almost all contexts (even...

location. Musician Alanis Morissette comments that the word contains power because of its taboo nature. The film features the last recorded interview of...

associated with the dead. A taboo against naming the dead is a kind of word taboo whereby the name of a recently deceased person, and any other words similar...

don't go there, taboo, or taboos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A taboo is a social prohibition or ban. Taboo may also refer to: Taboo (1922 play),...

and southeast. Differences include speaking speed, vowel dropping, some word taboo, and minor lexical and grammatical differences. Some Alagwa have shifted...

same mechanism may be activated when you see an unlikely looking word or a highly taboo one – you experience relief as you recognize that it's completely...

"implied prohibition"; it involves rules and prohibitions. The English word taboo derives from this later meaning and dates from Captain James Cook's visit...

is word taboo, which is a cultural expression of the belief in the power of words. Among the Coast languages, a person's name becomes a taboo word immediately...

most heavily tabooed word of all English words", although John Ayto, editor of the Oxford Dictionary of Slang, says "nigger" is more taboo. Some American...

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culture) (also spelled tabu), a Polynesian cultural concept from which the word taboo derives Tapu (Ottoman law) (also tabu), a permanent lease of state-owned...

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characterized as "an archaic word demeaning women since as early as the 15th century" that seeks to control women. The word is considered taboo in mainstream media...

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genitals. The word pussy is also used in a derogatory sense to mean cowardly, weak, or easily fatigued. The Collins Dictionary says: "(taboo, slang, mainly...

misspelling, mispronouncing, or replacing a part of a profane, blasphemous, or taboo word or phrase to reduce the original term's objectionable characteristics...

of the goddess Aphrodite (Venus). The word Cytherean was first applied to the goddess and later, due to word taboo, to the planet Venus that had been named...

Typically, the taboo lexical set has a one-to-many correspondence with the everyday set. For example, in Dyirbal the avoidance style has one word, jijan, for...

words as well, in the case of Nguni at least partially due to a type of word taboo called hlonipha. Some creolised varieties of Afrikaans, such as Oorlams...

India, menarche is celebrated as a rite of passage. A menstrual taboo is any social taboo concerned with menstruation. In some societies it involves menstruation...