Meaning of no-no | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something that is forbidden, prohibited, discouraged or taboo.
   childish, colloquial, often
2. A no-hitter; a game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit.
   colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“Smoking indoors is becoming a real no-no these days, in many places.”

“Mr. UDALL. Madam Chairman, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bingham), is wrong in his supposition that the use of a picture is to be prohibited on a newsletter. Let me make some legislative history. The masthead or the heading of a newsletter with a picture of the Member is intended to be approved. As a matter of fact, in this language we turned it around. These no-noes are taken out of the old Post Office Manual, where they had over the years compiled a list of things one could or could not do, and pictures, except to illustrate text, used to be under the prohibitions.”

“And a person of integrity observes all the good sportsmanship rules toward a beaten opponent. Integrity recognizes the integrity of other persons. To do otherwise would be to commit a no-no. And you don’t want to go around committing no-noes, do you?”

“Countless issues arise in family life every day, from the litany of no-noes showered on the toddler, to calling the preschooler in for his lunch.”

“He threw two no-nos in his career.”

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