kul shee maku
n.— «“It’s always kul shee maku ,” said Sgt. Rob Hammer, a 32-year-old squad leader from Sublette, Kan., reciting the Arabic phrase for “there is nothing,” which the entire platoon has memorized.» —“For a U.S. Platoon in Iraq, Merciless Missions” by Steve Fainaru in Balad, Iraq Washington Post Sept. 9, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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