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wabi

("wabi" is also a: user.)

by bonnet

Tue May 16 2000 at 1:43:29

(wah-BI) Japanese; noun

a flawed detail that creates an elegant whole.

from: They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words and Phrases by Howard Rheingold.
Kudos to Harper's for the excerpt.

Sabi	wabi-sabi	wasabi	Japanese tea ceremony
shino	Sen Rikyu	Sukiya	shibui
Chado	Japanese Tea Ceremony Talk	The Red Wheelbarrow	perfect flaw
God as a reductio ad absurdum	Stir	Bona fide	Rabbi
Node for the Ages	SDL	whinge	Maine Coon
Harper's	Bugs Bunny	Howard Rheingold	#everything

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