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    [Verb]  | "pro*hib*it" | \ prō-ˈhi-bət \


    1: to forbid by authority : enjoin

    2: to prevent from doing something

    3: preclude


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Latin prohibitus, past participle of prohibēre to keep off, from pro- forward + habēre to hold {mat|pro-|}, {mat|give|};

    [Verb]  | "prohibit" 


    1: to order not to do or use or to be done or used;


      * e.g., " ... the city prohibits swimming in the lake after dark "





     [ "Prohibition" ]

    1: the era in US history where the federal government, via constitutional amendment, made a failed attempt to make the United States a dry nation

      * e.g.,  ... During Prohibition, you were not permitted to have booze at any age. 

     [ "prohibited" ]

    1: Things which you are not supposed to do, but choose to do.

      * e.g.,  ... I did not plan to do something so prohibited in a rented cadillac, but sometimes a chance stumbles into your life and you just have to go with it. 

     [ "Prohibitatively" ]

    1: Term used in the legal world to describe the price of Apple products, especially tablet based computers that are otherwise irresistable to normal everyday consumers.

      * e.g.,  ... Wow I want that Ipad, even if it is prohibitatively expensive 

     [ "Home Prohibition" ]

    1: The act in which a substance such as Alcohol is banned from a household, by a family member or group of family members, after a event or series of events that resulted in a negative outcome in which the substance is blamed.

      * e.g.,  ... Steve : Hey guys lets go to Bobs tonight for drinks! 

     [ "Prohibition Intermission" ]

    1: A period of time at a party where everyone stops partying to hide all of the alcohol for fear that cops or parents have showed up.

      * e.g.,  ... John: Hey, why is everyone hiding all the booze? Jake: Prohibition intermission man, they saw a cop drive by. 

     [ "marijuana prohibition" ]

    1: It is something that still doesn't work.

      * e.g.,  ... Liz:Pass the bong. 

     [ "labor-prohibitive" ]

    1: An argument for the decision to discontinue further action based on a personal determination that too much effort is required to complete a task or enterprise.

      * e.g.,  ... Jerry-- "I couldn't stand college... I considered a B.S. as labor-prohibitive... I settled for a B.A. in general studies and was glad to be out in five." 

     [ "marijuana prohibition" ]

    1: Gay,retarded,dumb,stupid,queer,lame,killfagz!

      * e.g.,  ... EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE A HUGE FUCKING BONG HIT AND BLOW IT IN THESE COCKSUCKERS FACES!!!! 


     [ "marijuana prohibition" ]

    2: Big tobacco companies put shit in cigarettes ON PURPOSE to make them more addictive and more deadly.This of course helps their sales and also helps the medical industry!

      * e.g.,  ... POT KILLS NOBODY! 


     [ "marijuana prohibition" ]

    3: We used to have SLAVERY in this country and most of those slaves were forced to work on cotton and tobacco plantations.

      * e.g.,  ... BIG TOBACCO COMPANIES AND CONGRESS ARE IMMORAL! 


     [ "marijuana prohibition" ]

    4: That's where these big tobacco fucks come from.They have much support in congress and the government.

      * e.g.,  ... Pot should be legalized outright! 


     [ "marijuana prohibition" ]

    5: So how dare they tell me I can't smoke pot and how dare they call pot smokers immoral?

      * e.g.,  ... FUCK MEDICAL MARIJUANA! 


     [ "marijuana prohibition" ]

    6: That's the pot calling the fucking kettle black!

      * e.g.,  ... That's a no brainer! 


     [ "marijuana prohibition" ]

    7: THEY'RE IMMORAL!

      * e.g.,  ... If people are sick and pot can help them then let them have it and TO FUCKING HELL with what the CONGRESS and BIG TOBACCO KKK FAGS SAY ABOUT IT! 

     [ "prohibitively expensive" ]

    1: something which costs so much it would prevent most people from being able to do or purchase it.

      * e.g.,  ... I was going to go on holiday to Italy this year, but with the rate of the pound against the euro it would have been prohibitively expensive 

     [ "There was 1 error that prohibited this form from being submitted" ]

    1: i how to fix this?

      * e.g.,  ... Me:*trying to make a new word* 

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