Mamihlapinatapai

A shared unspoken feeling

/ mah-mee-la-PEE-na-ta-pai /

Yaghan
#emotion #connection

The wordless look shared between two people who both want to initiate something but neither wants to be the first to do so.

Posted by wordsmith · 3 hours ago
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linguaphile 3 hours ago

I had no idea there was a word for this. Mind blown.

wordsmith 3 hours ago

This is one of my favorite words! I use it all the time.