Word: taboo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...topic and not one we should shy away from. Most of my good friends are religious people in a variety of traditions. Don't be afraid. Go up to the person with the head covering or distinctive dress and ask them about it. Don't consider religion such a taboo subject. You will be surprised how it will enrich and educate any discussion. And don't be afraid to think religiously. Try it, if only to put yourself in another's shoes. You won't regret...
...happened. Everyone started smiling. Have you noticed how few people smile as they walk through the Yard? Maybe it's the midterms or the hundreds of pages of overdue reading on their minds, but whatever the case, I just don't see a lot of smiling faces. Another Harvard taboo was violated that day--people who didn't even know each other started talking. Weird, eh? (Sorry, Canadians...
...freshmen who attended the First Year Formal. Citing the possible illegality of the act (not everyone was 18), the universally known fact that cigars are carcinogenic, and the unpleasantness of a smoke-filled ballroom, he urged the Undergraduate Council to refrain from advocating tobacco products. Smoking has become so taboo that even the celebratory cigar meets with indignation. Proud Papas had best content themselves with a stick of Wrigleys...
With so many social obligations, parentaletiquette is key. For most, questions aboutrelationships such as "Do you have a boyfriend?"are understandably taboo, just as asking a child'sroommates about living situations is off-limits.However, some have little faith in their parents'ability to anticipate problematic lines ofquestioning...
...taboo. The turn to the dark side can be pleasurable if the conversing Other shares a similar predicament with reference to It. But if that Other is, for example, a first-semester senior or--worse!--a junior, hell hath no fury like the------writer who is questioned as to the topic of his or her paper...