zula

zula
 n.— «The Jewish soldier has had to invent a colorful language to express such extreme emotional states as shvizut (state of being depressed, dispirited, and fed up with everything; literally: “broken penis”) and zula (an ultimate state of being relaxed and laid back).» —“A guide to slang in the IDF” by Gabriel Reiss Jerusalem Post (Israel) Dec. 4, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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