Thursday, July 06, 2006
MAMIHLAPINATOPAI...
Did anyone know this? The hardest word to define briefly is thought to be the word "mamihlapinatopai" from the Fuegian language. Its simplest definition is "two people looking at each other without speaking hoping that the other will offer to do something which both parties desire but neither are willing to do." Has anyone had a mamihlapinatopai moment? Mine usually occur during work.
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I call that telepathy. When it happens, I'm move my eyebrows up and down to show that I'm working my magic.
Still, it doesn't work for me in the workplace, otherwise I would have willed myself a big, fat raise!
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