tabu
- n a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
- n an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
- s forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
- s excluded from use or mention
- Entitled "Myths and Magic," it was a hodgepodge of everything from ancient Egyptian good-luck pieces and African fetishes to Solomon Island tabu sticks, Javanese puppets and Navajo .
- When the figures were tabu lated for the first six months of this year, they revealed the six-day News leading the Tribune (exclusive of the Tribune's Sun day edition) in .
- Only under Dictator Stalin were Christmas trees in Russia made socially tabu.