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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a taboo topic" is correct and can be used in written English
You can use it when you want to express that someone is avoiding discussing a certain subject because it is considered inappropriate or offensive. For example: "People shouldn't feel uncomfortable discussing money, though it is still a taboo topic in some circles."
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Purnell said Roethlisberger was a taboo topic.
This has been a taboo topic.
How has such a taboo topic become a global priority?
It takes a taboo topic head-on: pedophilia.
AIDS was a taboo topic there for years.
"This is a taboo topic in the scientific community," he said.
It can only be because, as Lindegaard said, "gay football is a taboo topic".
Believe it or not, erectile dysfunction used to be a taboo topic.
Impeachment is now a taboo topic among most politicians in both parties.
Disabled war veterans were a taboo topic in Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
AIDS is a taboo topic among Hinebo workers, said Alina Mathoso, one of 10 committee members.
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