Playing Taboo
Taboo is a spoken word game that involves trying to get your team to guess a secret
word without using any of five clue words specified as "taboo". How, for example,
would you describe the word kitten without using the words meow, cat, purr, furry, or
animal? As a player gives clues, he is constantly monitored by a member of the
opposing team; if he makes any mistakes, he is unceremoniously "buzzed" and a point
is deducted from his team's score.
There are many ways to succeed in Taboo. Hand gestures, sound effects, and "sounds
like" clues are prohibited, but legal clues can consist of suggestive sentences, song
lyrics, fill-in-the-blanks phrases, or even one-word hints.
