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| Re: Team USA/Olympics
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Originally Posted by roscoe36  An abomination like Alia Atreides or like Jabba the Hut? | Abomination (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) Quote:
The term in English signifies that which is exceptionally loathsome, hateful, wicked, or vile. In Biblical terms to'ba does not carry the same sense of exceptionalism as the English term. It simply signifies that which is forbidden or unclean according to the religion.
Linguistically it is therefore close in meaning to the Polynesian term taboo or tapu, signifying that which is forbidden, should be left alone and not touched, or (for some items) brings death by the act of touching.
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