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Tsambasis 

TSAM-BA-SIS (SED) (ING); Verb; Derived from being slammed in an argument/ debate.

1. To have the basis of an idea disproved. Ultimately nullifying/ discrediting the idea itself.

2. Getting screwed over by having your argument slammed/ bashed.

3. Motion of a techinical foul from basketball can be used to silently depict that a tsambasis has occured.
1. The theory of the earth being flat was tsambasissed by Christopher Columbus's voyage.

2. Gallileo tsambassised the Catholic Church's theory that the sun revolved around the earth.

3. "Why are you tsambassing me?!?! Let me finish my point!"

4. Q: "How did your debate go?" A: "The other team tsambasissed the crap out of me."

5. Q: "How did that dog die?" A: "The car tsambasissed him. He thought he could make it across the street."
Tsambasis by The GreatDebater 1984 December 27, 2009
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Nick Tsambazis 

-Noun

A long period poop session. A Nick Tsambazis will result in foul air causing discomfort to other in the general area.
Dude, I gotta take a Nick Tsambazis. I'll be back in an hour.
Nick Tsambazis by BioHazard691 November 6, 2010
a cult of the socially and mentally unstable (main people in it jace, elliot, emmett, alex, glitch, fern, and star)
we are a part of the TSAMU
tsamu by NEGHHHH_TSAMU October 13, 2020

tsambika 

Tsambika comes from the greek origin and is not very common. A tsambika is very warm and mother like. She is a total plant mom and probably vegan. We love tsambikas except when they are depressed. Then watch out, no one can stop them from their tears.

Me: Hey Tsambika
Tsambika: *looks up into the sky and cries*
There Goes Tsambika again, being quirky.
tsambika by cvoy December 6, 2021

"Slow-down your shutter, your overlaoding me" ("Tsamtsem, ata lo ba-li tov" in Hebrew) 

Originated from contemporary spoken Hebrew, it defines a situation where an agitated person, most probably with a splitting head-ache, hang-over or before his first morning cofee, is asking another to calm down, don't use verbose sentences, speak slower or not to overload his aching head with issues that requires listening, thinking or focusing.

This phrase, originating from a leading Israeli comedy show, is well curved in contemporary spoken language and it means (in a free translation): - "slow down your shutter, your "homing in" on me in an overloading manner".

Gesture-aware people most often accompany this phrase with an overdramatic facial expression of a person abrupting his 1-hour sleep after having an awful hang-over, by some woody-allen style geek who lightens up the room and asking him if he read about the new star names EL-12141 reently discovered in our solar system.
You have just broken up with your girlfriend, and you have a splitting headache after a long night of non-fruitful pick-up bar road-show, and you have just been awaken your MBA roomate who opens your room windows wide, turns on the music loudly, and tells you in a patronizing voice "look at you, I am going to take care of you. Do you want me to prepare you an organic Soya drink? and then, we can practice some Yoga, and then..."

You then bluntly, with a suffering voice, eyes half-shut,your right hand blocking the rude sunlight coming from the windows, looking at him and, right before falling asleep again, saying "Tsamtsem, ata lo ba-li-tov".

tsamorita 

unmarried young woman of the Tsamoru race.
Sirena is growing to be a beautiful tsamorita .
tsamorita by Tsamoru February 11, 2014
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