Does it provide proof that death is no longer taboo, or are such euphemisms the victims of a modern contempt for flowery, imprecise language?

A tattoo is no longer taboo, at least in fashion circles.

On prime time mental illness is a topic that is no longer taboo, but it is still just novel enough to incite laughter.

If a dozen movies, television dramas and memoirs are any indication, incest, one of humanity's last taboos, is taboo no longer.

Vibrant red is no longer taboo.

And the question of whether pornography contributes to the subjugation of women became significant once sexual display itself was no longer taboo.

This had the effect of also bringing pro-Ustaše Croats into the fray, their philosophy and ideas no longer taboo.

The shotgun marriage was no longer mandatory; divorce was no longer taboo.

Not only does she say treaty change is no longer taboo, she's now actively encouraging it.

By the 1970s, abandonment of premarital chastity was no longer taboo in the majority of western societies, and the reverse became true.