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שמן

sha-MEN

Phonetics · sha-MEN

Lame, annoying, uncool (lit. "fat").

Register: youth · casualPart of speech: adjectiveHebrew (עברית, Ivrit)Root ש.מ.נ ("fat")

"Lame, uncool" — youth slang; the opposite of its literal "fat."

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

Deep records on the same shelf — youth & texting

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

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