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* An episode of [[Midsomer Murders]] starts with a performance of said play. Apparently, the idea of not mentioning the name off-stage hadn't gotten through to everyone on the set yet. Someone promptly is murdered on stage (and stays dead). |
* An episode of [[Midsomer Murders]] starts with a performance of said play. Apparently, the idea of not mentioning the name off-stage hadn't gotten through to everyone on the set yet. Someone promptly is murdered on stage (and stays dead). |
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* ''Deathbringer from the Sky'' by [[Ensiferum]] avoids [[Our Dragons Are Different|that other D-word]]. |
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== Mythology and Religion == |
== Mythology and Religion == |
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* In the [[Star Wars]] fandom, you do ''not'' mention SuperShadow. |
* In the [[Star Wars]] fandom, you do ''not'' mention SuperShadow. |
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* The name of God is not written in [[The Bible]], and even the substitute for it, the sequence "YHWH" with no definite pronunciation, was historically avoided by Christians. |
* The name of God is not written in [[The Bible]], and even the substitute for it, the sequence "YHWH" with no definite pronunciation, was historically avoided by Christians. |
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* Certain beasts used to be referred by circumlocution (which may be euphemisms or kennings). Especially [[Everything's Worse with Bears|bears]]. In Russian it stuck as the new word for bear with obvious etymology (who "knows honey"); also, depending on which source you believe either Caspian tiger or lynx (while lynxes aren't known for attacking humans without provocation, they would hunt cattle or horses, and are dangerous to mess with) was also known as the "fierce beast", but this didn't stick. |
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