Mamihlapinatapai
Yes, it's a real word.
It 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."
It's a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, and it's in The Guinness Book of World Records as the "most succinct word", and is considered one of the hardest words to translate.
ANYWAY. I downloaded StumbleUpon, and omg. It's the coolest thing ever. I've been browsing through Linguistic sites and I've found AWESOME WORDS:
Like:
1. Waldeinsamkeit - the feeling of being alone in the woods (German)
2. Ilunga - a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time (Tshiluba, Congo)
3. Yoko meshi - literally ‘a meal eaten sideways’, referring to the peculiar stress induced by speaking a foreign language (Japanese)
4. Pochemuchka - a person who asks a lot of questions (Russian)
AND MY FAVORITE:
Esprit de l’escalier - a witty remark that occurs to you too late, literally on the way down the stairs (French)
(I hate when that happens so much. :( )
ETA: I signed up for NaNoWriMo today~
Anyone else doing it this year? XD
It 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."
It's a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, and it's in The Guinness Book of World Records as the "most succinct word", and is considered one of the hardest words to translate.
ANYWAY. I downloaded StumbleUpon, and omg. It's the coolest thing ever. I've been browsing through Linguistic sites and I've found AWESOME WORDS:
Like:
1. Waldeinsamkeit - the feeling of being alone in the woods (German)
2. Ilunga - a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time (Tshiluba, Congo)
3. Yoko meshi - literally ‘a meal eaten sideways’, referring to the peculiar stress induced by speaking a foreign language (Japanese)
4. Pochemuchka - a person who asks a lot of questions (Russian)
AND MY FAVORITE:
Esprit de l’escalier - a witty remark that occurs to you too late, literally on the way down the stairs (French)
(I hate when that happens so much. :( )
ETA: I signed up for NaNoWriMo today~
Anyone else doing it this year? XD