Content tagged taboo

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The declining shock-value of fuck. Some miscellaneous quotes: “Ethnic slurs are regarded as the taboo,” agrees Ayto. “Nigger is … gulfstream/972

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Toward the end of his half-hour with Rafal, a cellular phone went off somewhere in the room--a big taboo at a serious music event--and it wasn't just … quotes/222

There is a tacit understanding among English shoppers to the effect that shopping is not an act of spending, but an act of saving. You do not speak of … fox/7