Today's OneWord: Taboo

We couldn't say that word in the classroom because it was taboo. Nor at the bus stop. Nor at the city hall. Not even at home, where comfort should have been sought for the sake of privacy. But privacy was a draconian term by now, and the truth was, the forbidden element of the language had once been a common occurrence fifty or so years back.

So when Alan Hoff said the taboo word and later disappeared, we all knew why.