Word taboo
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Word taboo is the restricted use of words due to social constraints. Examples are euphemism and taboo against naming the dead. It is a common source of word coinage and lexical replacement.
See also
- Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties
- speech taboo (avoidance speech)
- taboo word (profanity)
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