Thursday, January 05, 2012

mamihlapinatapai

from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, it is considered the world's most succinct word and the hardest to translate.

it means: a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but that neither wants to start...

this is an amazing word...i just love the idea of it...

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