Slough of Des‧pond, the /ˌslaʊ əv dɪˈspɒnd $ ˌsluː əv dɪˈspɑːnd, ˌslaʊ-/ literary
a situation in which you are very unhappy and there seems to be no hope that things will improve, from the name of a place in the book The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

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