tabloid (tabloid)

[ Cramp'd under worse than South-sea-isle taboo . Tennyson, Prince , iii. Hence-2. A prohibitory or restraining in june tion or demonstration; restraint or exclusion, as from social intercourse or from use, imposed by some controlling influence; ban; prohibition; ostracism: as, to put a person or a thing under taboo. See the verb. IMG:content-2745.png:[graphic] taboo