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taboo or tabu (təˈbuː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | forbidden or disapproved of; placed under a social prohibition or ban: taboo words |
| 2. | (in Polynesia and other islands of the South Pacific) marked off as simultaneously sacred and forbidden |
| —n , -boos, -bus | |
| 3. | any prohibition resulting from social or other conventions |
| 4. | ritual restriction or prohibition, esp of something that is considered holy or unclean |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (tr) to place under a taboo |
| [C18: from Tongan tapu] | |
| tabu or tabu | |
| —adj | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C18: from Tongan tapu] | |
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Tabu
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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