This study identifies and describes the linguistic taboos and their correspondingrneuphemistic expressions among the Oromo of Oromia Regional State. To conduct thernstudy, qualitative method was employed. The main instruments of data collection werernfocus group discussion, unstructured interview, observation and introspective method. Thernframework of the study is a pragmatic approach to euphemism and taboo which mainlyrnincludes euphemism to context of situation, speech act theory, face, and politeness theory.rnThe data were analyzed and interpreted based on the framework. The findings of the studyrnrevealed that in daily communication, the Oromo societies of the research areas are highlyrnintertwined with social taboos. They prohibit uttering taboo words or expressions relatedrnto death, disease, woman (pregnancy, menstruation, delivery and virginity), sexual organs,rnsexual acts, some normal and impaired body parts, excretion and names related tornmarriage relationship. These tabooed subjects are categorized into: context-specific andrngenerally unmentionable taboos. Context-specific includes non-taboo words and wordsrnrelated to the hearerâ€™s physical or social defect. Non-taboo words are words which havernneutral meaning in everyday speech and have got tabooed inference in specific-context.rnTaboos related to the hearerâ€™s physical or social defects are any words with connotationsrnto the hearer representing his/her physical or social defect. Mentioning taboo terms relatedrnto physical impairments and diseases are categorized under this topic. General taboos arernunmentionable words which are absolutely forbidden words. Taboos related to death,rnsexual organs, sexual acts, excretion and name of father-/mother-in laws are categorizedrnunder this section. Whatever taboo terms are, the Oromo societies of the study areas userneuphemistic expressions to mild, roundabout, indirect, polite, less distasteful, inoffensive,rnagreeable, tactful, less explicit, to make taboo words comparatively favorable meaning orrnless unpleasant association whereas the substituted taboo words/expressions arerncharacterized as harsh, blunt, direct, distasteful, painful, unpleasant, indelicate, offensive,rnor frightening. The Oromo of study areas avoid uttering these taboo expressions to savernsomeoneâ€™s face loss through euphemistic expressions and make the speaker or hearer freernfrom any embarrassment or feeling of shock. To do this, they use euphemistic expressionrnstrategies like metaphor, metonymic, circumlocution, synecdoche, hyperbolic,rnunderstatement, antonymic, onomatopoeia and borrowing. The society of the study areasrnuse distinctive euphemistic expressions for a single tabooed term except some expressionsrnthey use in common. In fact, the usage of linguistic taboos and euphemistic expressions arerndetermined by differences of age, gender, relationship, geographical location, context ofrnuse and the like. Among the areas this study has been undertaken, taboo words andrneuphemistic expressions may be reflected as taboo words/euphemisms which are similarlyrntaboo/euphemistic expression in all research areas, taboo words/euphemistic expressionsrnwhich have meaning extension, taboo words/euphemistic expressions which arerntaboo/euphemism in one of the research site, and not known or has another meaning inrnother sites of the study. Finally, to minimize problems encountered by taboo words andrneuphemism expressions, further research must be conducted by concerned bodies.rnKeywords: linguistic taboos, euphemism, euphemism strategy, pragmatic approach,rnnegative connotation, transference of meaning.