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A term used by Israelis, which is used when someone wants to quickly (and often very bluntly) get to the point. Tachlis is all about efficiency and getting to the best solution or the point as quickly as possible, without concern for feelings or flowery language.
"I saw the report you sent out, tachlis, I think you missed the point. You should redo it."
"I met a nice guy the other night... tachlis, I'm pregnant, what do I do?"
tachlis by JL123456 November 21, 2013
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Tachlis is the Israeli one-word synonym for "Cut the crap", "Stop beating around the bush", "Get to the point". Practically it means "Let's get down to business". A straightforward, down to earth expression without any magniloquence
It's all nice and beautiful, but tachlis now, just do it!
tachlis by chaver4u2 November 17, 2015
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