Being 2018 and full with millennials bogging the Internet I set to bring to you this word originated from the south tribes of Latin America, the "Yamana" Tribe.
It is listed in the 1994 Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s most “succinct word”
Or in english:
«Una mirada entre dos personas, cada una de las cuales espera que la otra comience una acción que ambas desean pero que ninguna se anima a iniciar»
This article explains vastly the deep connection with the awkwardness of today. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/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”
Personally I see this kind of behavior in my own life sometimes, I see it in pop culture, I see it in Anime and a lot of the Rom-Com of today.
The inner conflict explained in a long word, that sounds both earthly and exotic, both filling and void.
And I take this opportunity to ask you:
Have you ever had a case of Mamihlapinatapai?