Cultural Taboos

adjective showing disrespect or irreverence towards something sacred

• The desecration of the church was considered sacrilegious by the community.
• Dude, messing with that holy place is just straight up sacrilegious.
• You know that's totally sacrilegious, right?
• To some, using comic sans for a formal document is sacrilegious.

noun a noun phrase used to describe something that is outside the bounds of acceptable behavior or standards

preposition a preposition indicating the location or position of something in relation to a boundary or limit

• His behavior at the company dinner was beyond the pale and completely unacceptable.
• I can't believe she said that, it's just beyond the pale.
• The way he treated her was beyond the pale, like who does that?
• The level of corruption in that government is beyond the pale, it's truly shocking.