In Popular Culture
- There was a game show based on TABOO in 2002, hosted by Chris Wylde.
- In the 2008 film Four Christmases, Kate (Reese Witherspoon) and Brad (Vince Vaughn) played Taboo with Brad's mother (Sissy Spacek) and her boyfriend.
- On January 29, 2010, Cassandra Dominguez to Madrid, Spain scored what is believed to be a record 38 in a 4-round game of Taboo at the 2010 World Board Gamers Convention.
- The game was also played in the show Will & Grace, in the season 3 episode, "Cheaters".
- The buzzer was featured in The Office episode Special Project.
- The game was played on BBC Radio 1 by Greg James during the second night of his Glasgow sofa surfing week in July 2012.
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