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Taboo
Term: Taboo
Definition: Something that goes against a society's cultural and societal norms.
Date Added: 14 March, 2007
ID: 441
Definitions From Urban Dictionary:
- Something that is generally not talked about.
A topic that makes people unforfortable like death, cancer, AIDS, child prostitution, inner family rape...
Example: Breaking a taboo: "Wow Mr. White, I have such a bad rash on my balls!"
breaking another taboo:"Did you ever wonder what it feels like to fuck your grandma when she is dead?" - 1. (Original meaning) "Sacred" - something too sacred in fact for it to be allowed to be profaned by the common people.
2. The exact opposite of Sacred - something that is too profane for the common herd!
Example: 1. Village Elder: don't desecrate the shrine, it's taboo.
2. Moron: 'Ere, don't you be talking about incest or bestiality, it's taboo! - 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.
Example: Some taboos are meant to be broken, other's are best just left alone!
When Kira tried making the conversation more interesing by mentioning some taboo subjects, silence fell and the others quickly changed the subject to real estate. - Taboo: Something that is old or out of date, it is mentioned as an out-of-date object in the Broadway play RENT.
Example: Sally: Your clothes are SO taboo! - Avoided a lot
Example: Swear words - singer from the black eyed peas that looks like a monkey with long black greasy hair
Example: Taboo is a crazy motha - Love affair or trouble
Example: Steal your heart
You are my best friend's girlfriend
You'll be mine
It's my TABOO -from M-Flo's Song-
- Noun. The act of giving someone a scare. Ta -- boo!
Example: The wife came home early while my GF and I were in bed. She gave me taboo of my life.
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