(idea) 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.
I like it!

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