10 example sentences using verboten.
Verboten used in a sentence
Verboten in a sentence as an adjective
Class is verboten in Canada/US unless it's "the middle class".
I fail to see why design topics are verboten in this regard, except for irrational fears.
That type of terraforming is verboten in the US. And I would actually agree that it had to have been terrible for the environment.
Humour on HN isn't verboten as such, it just needs to be carefully cloaked in some sort of substantive contribution to the discussion.
However, it is verboten to be openly rude about that sort of thing in all but the most repressive and tiny communities.
So many redditors complained about the crappy image sharing sites...lots of them were verboten to use on reddit because they were so spammy, or slow, or whatever.
Are investors so emotionally tied to one geographic area that long-term investing in other areas of the US is strictly verboten?
" counts as "advertising, promotion, or direct marketing", then it seems every other push that aims to improve app usage, by announcing new content or features, would also be verboten.
Which isn't to say the topic should be verboten, but can we refrain from writing another diatribe against the failure of ad-based business models unless we have something new to bring to the table?
If certain topics are in effect verboten due to the types of discussions they tend to breed, does that not induce a sort of hivemind effect that reinforces prevailing views?For example, if articles on Microsoft tend to get driven off the front page, while articles on Apple dominate it, that presents the appearance of the HN community being pro-Apple and anti-Microsoft, which affects the types of submissions and comments that are made, which affects the types of views people feel comfortable expressing, and eventually the types of people who choose to participate.
Verboten definitions
excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
See also: forbidden prohibited proscribed taboo tabu