{"id":120,"date":"2009-03-03T02:12:43","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T07:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2009-03-03T02:12:43","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T07:12:43","slug":"one-word-mood-changer-of-the-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/03\/03\/one-word-mood-changer-of-the-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"One Word Mood Changer Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<div>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 212px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:English-as-Official-Language.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Map of nations using English as an official la...\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/50\/English-as-Official-Language.png\/202px-English-as-Official-Language.png\" alt=\"Map of nations using English as an official la...\" width=\"202\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:English-as-Official-Language.png\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Thank You (Led Zeppelin song)\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thank_You_%28Led_Zeppelin_song%29\">Thank You<\/a> To Kottke here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mamihlapinatapai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mamihlapinatapai<\/a>, a most succinct word.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It describes a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start. This could perhaps be translated more succinctly as &#8220;<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Eye contact\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eye_contact\">eye-contact<\/a> implying &#8216;after you&#8230;'&#8221;. A more literal approximation is &#8220;ending up mutually at a loss as to what to do about each other&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Heartbreaking. I wish we had an <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"English language\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_language\">English<\/a> word for that feeling. (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynical-c.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cyn-c<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Zemified by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/b51dc207-235c-4cec-b4ca-1e318bf83ec3\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?w=525\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image via Wikipedia A Thank You To Kottke here: Mamihlapinatapai, a most succinct word. It describes a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start. This could perhaps be translated more succinctly as &#8220;eye-contact implying &#8216;after you&#8230;&#8217;&#8221;. 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