vuzvuz
n.— «And now, since when Iraq is the Medirerranean, no disrespect intended? since when Ovadia is a Med? Again the Ashkenaziut showing its ear! “anything not vuzvuz is the Med, ya’ani Sefardim, Españolim, the lot.”» —by María The Jewish Palestinian Encounter Nov. 20, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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