Words similar to taboo

Example sentences for: taboo

How can you use “taboo” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Handicapped is taboo, replaced by “challenged” or “special,” and senior citizen is beginning to appear on the linguistic hit list.
The chiefs governed their feudal domains by force, ritual, and taboo.
The world does not function uniformly, however: for cultural reasons there are words in some languages that are unutterable by women, and we certainly have experience with taboo words in English.
Impeachment, once taboo, now seems like a legitimate weapon, a way to settle the score.
Tampons, for instance, can be delicately referred to with English words such as `tea-bag' tiibagu , `cracker' kuraka , `wireless microphone' wairesumaiku, or `vanilla (ice-cream cone)' banira . Another taboo subject, condoms, can be touched on with playful metaphors such as: `globe' gurôbu, `raincoat' reinkôto, or `cover for Mr. John' jon-kun kaba .