Mamihlapinatapais, from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, 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 one wants to start."
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Mamihlapinatapais
We were enchanted by this magical-sounding word highlighted by our friends at Futility Closet:
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Fancy that...never even knew there was a word for that
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