Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Word for the Day

mamihlapinatapai
. Which has been called the hardest word in the world to translate, and means "a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start". . Read the Wikipedia entry about it here. Now let's see if I can somehow work it into my next book review.
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4 comments:

Amanda said...

I know that look! I like the fact that they have a single word for this.

June 17, 2009 6:22 PM
terry said...

so i can expect it to appear in your next review as well?!
:-)

June 17, 2009 7:10 PM
Amanda said...

I did see you managed to squeeze this word in, btw.

June 26, 2009 6:26 PM
terry said...

it was a bit forced. but hey, i plead "literary license".
:-)

June 27, 2009 6:12 PM

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