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Originally Posted by soapbars
set
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The many and varied definitions of
set mean that it takes up more space in the dictionary than any other word.
There is a Fuegian word that used to be classed as the most succinct. The (rough spelled!) word is
mahmalapinatapai, and it means something like
the state of two or more persons, who are looking at each other in the hope that one of the the others will do something that both parties desire but that neither is willing to do themselves.