Sentence examples for taboo language from inspiring English sources

On hearing the Peace Boat tourists chatting in Japanese, long a taboo language on Sakhalin, one woman stood up and stilled the visitors with a peremptory wave of her hand.

The use of offensive, obscene or taboo language is a linguistic feature in most human cultures, from the English "f**k off" to the French merde (sh**), and from the Indian sala (brother-in-law) to the Arabic yil'an abu ommak (curse your grandfather).

The university's professor of management, Yehuda Baruch, even warned that trying to stop people from swearing could have a negative impact: "In many cases, taboo language serves the needs of people for developing and maintaining solidarity, and as a mechanism to cope with stress.

Not all taboo language counts as swear words.

Some taboo language is still strong language, even if we don't think of it as 'swearing' – racial epithets, insults based on disabilities and sexual orientation – but some relates to things you avoid naming because of their power.

Fairman draws parallels between protection of comedians' usage of taboo language to the ability of individuals in society to express ideas freely.

The association with one of the strongest taboo words in the English language is clear.

The Russian language is rich in taboo words, each with its own tragic history.

A.V. Club critic Genevieve Koski argued that "The F Word" advocates a philosophy that language is ever-changing and that taboo words receive their stigma purely due to social circumstance.

"The F Word" argues language is ever-changing and that taboo words only carry a stigma if society allows them to, and attempts to reclaim and disempower the word "fag".

James believes that "taboos around language" -- language such as "shemale" -- are "practically begging drag queens and kings to violate these taboos," and that drag is an "art form with countercultural subversion at its heart".