February 26, 2010

The word for the day is...


...mamihlapinatapai, which, in the Yagan language of Tierra del Fuego means something like "looking at each other with each hoping that the other will do something that you both want to have done but which neither of you wants to do yourselves."

3 comments:

itziar said...

is that true?!

El Cabrero said...

I'm pretty sure it is.

itziar said...

woow, then :)