Mamihlapinatapai Definition
noun
A situation in which all participants want something to be done, but none want to do it.
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Origin of Mamihlapinatapai
From putative Yámana mamihlapinatapai, which The Guinness Book of Records listed as the "most succinct word," defining it as "looking at each other hoping that either will offer to do something which both parties desire but are unwilling to do."
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