Date: 16/01/2019 12:42:09
From: Dropbear
ID: 1330835
Subject: Word of a couple of days ago

Mamihlapinatapai

“a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin.”

naww…

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Date: 16/01/2019 12:43:36
From: buffy
ID: 1330837
Subject: re: Word of a couple of days ago

what language is that?

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Date: 16/01/2019 12:43:50
From: Dropbear
ID: 1330838
Subject: re: Word of a couple of days ago

buffy said:

what language is that?

Yaghan

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Date: 16/01/2019 12:45:28
From: Tamb
ID: 1330839
Subject: re: Word of a couple of days ago

Dropbear said:


buffy said:

what language is that?

Yaghan

Ya ghana tell us or not.

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Date: 16/01/2019 12:55:17
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1330847
Subject: re: Word of a couple of days ago

Dropbear said:


Mamihlapinatapai

“a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin.”

naww…

A lookup on Google finds scores of websites devoted to this word.

Try, for thirteen similar words,
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=AjoHCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT249&lpg=PT249&dq=a+look+shared+by+two+people,+each+wishing+that+the+other+would+initiate+something&source=bl&ots=Y081JOtdgV&sig=WgsOVxrsuIt9v2tDfV7awKsIgc0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi4iMiFmPHfAhWEfLwKHaUlBCI4ChDoATAMegQIBhAB#v=onepage&q=a%20look%20shared%20by%20two%20people%2C%20each%20wishing%20that%20the%20other%20would%20initiate%20something&f=false

It gets its own Wikipedia page.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamihlapinatapai

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