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no-no

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noun no-nos · no-noes · no no

childish, colloquial, often Something that is forbidden, prohibited, discouraged or taboo. Smoking indoors is becoming a real no-no these days, in many places.
colloquial A no-hitter; a game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit. He threw two no-nos in his career.

Opposite: must

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Español	inaceptabilidad
Русский	бяка bjaka

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@misc{no_no_2026,
  title = {no-no},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/no-no},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}