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    A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approachto, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict ofreligious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands ofPolynesia; interdiction. [Written also tabu.]

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

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        singer from the black eyed peas that looks like a monkey with long black greasy hair

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          (Original meaning) Sacred - something too sacred in fact for it to be allowed to be profaned by the common people.

          The exact opposite of Sacred - something that is too profane for the common herd!

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            pretty common shit nowadays...

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              An amazing board game made by none other than Hasbro:

              Time is against you. You know what you'd like to say if you could only find the words. But some thins in life are strictly ... TABOO.

              Example: How do you get your team to say the word BIRTHDAY ... if you can't say the words HAPPY, ANNIVERSARY, CANDLES, PRESENT or CAKE?

              You might say: Friends

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                The unspeakable; the uncomfortable conversation; the questions you are too embarrassed to ask, but need answers to.

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                  adj.

                  Something no one likes to talk about #awkward

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                    A social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing.

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