official vs taboo

official

adj
  • Discharging an office or function. 

  • Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant. 

  • True, real, beyond doubt. 

  • Approved by authority; authorized. 

  • Of or pertaining to an office or public trust. 

  • Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority 

  • Dubious but recognized by authorities as truth and/or canon. 

  • Listed in a national pharmacopeia. 

  • Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction. 

  • Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal. 

noun
  • An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization. 

taboo

verb
  • To ban. 

  • To avoid. 

  • To mark as taboo. 

noun
  • An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. 

  • Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred. 

adj
  • Culturally forbidden. 

  • Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention. 

How often have the words official and taboo occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )