Mamihlapinatapai

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Mamihlapinatapai (sometimes erroneously spelled mamihlapinatapei) is a word from Tierra del Fuego listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the "most succinct word". It describes a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that neither one wants to start. Compare deadlock.

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Reference

  • MATTHEWS, P. (ed.). 1992. The Guinness Book of Records 1993.
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