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שיגעון

shi-ga-ON

Phonetics · shi-ga-ON

Madness, frenzy ("ze shigaon!" — it's insane!).

Register: casualPart of speech: noun (m.)Hebrew (עברית, Ivrit)Root ש.ג.ע ("rage, be mad")

"Madness" — and the exclamation "ze shigaon!": that's insane/amazing.

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

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