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What (who) is taboo$81359$ - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Taboo (movie); Taboo (film); Taboo (song); Taboo (album); Taboo (TV series)
Word taboo
TABOO INVOLVING RESTRICTIONS ON LANGUAGE
Taboo word; Taboo Language; Taboo replacement; Tabu replacement; Taboo language; Lexical replacement
Word taboo, also called taboo language, language taboo or linguistic taboo is a kind of taboo that involves restricting the use of words or other parts of language due to social constraints. This may be due to a taboo on specific parts of the language itself (such as certain words, or sounds), or due to the need to avoid a taboo topic.
Food and drink prohibitions
![Blue crabs, ''[[Callinectes sapidus]]'', for sale at a market in [[Piraeus]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blue crab on market in Piraeus - Callinectes sapidus Rathbun 20020819-317.jpg?width=200 "Blue crabs, ''[[Callinectes sapidus]]'', for sale at a market in [[Piraeus]].")
![Elephant meat that was seized by [[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]] officers.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CBP Catches Elephant Meat, Dead Primate, Exotic Animal Skins at LAX (8758838522).jpg?width=200 "Elephant meat that was seized by [[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]] officers.")
![A bowl of ''[[dinuguan]]'', a Filipino stew with pork blood](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dinuguan.jpg?width=200 "A bowl of ''[[dinuguan]]'', a Filipino stew with pork blood")
![[[Ikizukuri]], live fish served as sashimi.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ikizukuri.jpg?width=200 "[[Ikizukuri]], live fish served as sashimi.")
![[[Kale Pache]], a traditional soup made with lamb's head (including brain, eyes and tongues) and hooves in [[Iran]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Khash 1.jpg?width=200 "[[Kale Pache]], a traditional soup made with lamb's head (including brain, eyes and tongues) and hooves in [[Iran]].")
![brains]], trotters and tripe on sale in an Istanbul market.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MarketScene.jpg?width=200 "brains]], trotters and tripe on sale in an Istanbul market.")
![[[Cottontail rabbit]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rabbit edit.jpg?width=200 "[[Cottontail rabbit]]")
!["Use of eggs, meet & vine [''meat and wine''] is strictly prohibited here." [[Jaisalmer]], [[Rajasthan]], India. 1993](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Use of eggs, meet, vine is prohibited. Jaisalmeer. 93.jpg?width=200 "\"Use of eggs, meet & vine [''meat and wine''] is strictly prohibited here.\" [[Jaisalmer]], [[Rajasthan]], India. 1993")
![Dog meat advertised as a "[[Guizhou]] specialty" in [[Hubei]], [[People's Republic of China]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zhengzong-Huajiang-Li-jia-gourou-dian-0094.jpg?width=200 "Dog meat advertised as a \"[[Guizhou]] specialty\" in [[Hubei]], [[People's Republic of China]].")
SUBSTANCES CONSIDERED TABOO IN CERTAIN CULTURES OR RELIGIONS
Nutrition taboos; Pets as a Food Source; Pets and work animals as a food source; Taboo meats; Food taboo; Taboo food; Taboo meat; Taboo drink; Taboo foods; Dietary laws; Dietary Law; Dietary law; Dietary Laws; Forbidden food; Forbidden Food; Religious diet; Religious dietary laws; Food prejudice; Taboo food and drink; Dietary restrictions
Some people do not eat various specific foods and beverages in conformity with various religious, cultural, legal or other societal prohibitions. Many of these prohibitions constitute taboos.
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![[[Cannibalism]], Brazil. Engraving by [[Theodor de Bry]] for [[Hans Staden]]'s account of his 1557 captivity.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Os Filhos de Pindorama. Cannibalism in Brazil in 1557.jpg?width=200 "[[Cannibalism]], Brazil. Engraving by [[Theodor de Bry]] for [[Hans Staden]]'s account of his 1557 captivity.")
SOCIETAL OR CULTURAL PROHIBITION
Taboos; Taboo breaking; TABOO; Tabuistic; Don't go there; Social bans; List of taboos; Sexual taboo; Social taboo
(also tabu)
¦ noun (plural taboos or tabus) a social or religious custom placing prohibition or restriction on a particular thing or person.
¦ adjective prohibited or restricted by social custom.
?designated as sacred and prohibited.
¦ verb (taboos, tabooing, tabooed or tabus, tabuing, tabued) place under a taboo.
Origin
C18: from Tongan tabu 'set apart, forbidden'.
Wikipedia
Taboo (disambiguation)
A taboo is a social prohibition or ban.
Taboo may also refer to:
