Quote Originally Posted by gfoster
I hate those moments... that brief moment of time between when you realized you just cut yourself and the blood starts and you're just standing there waiting for it. We need a word for that time. I bet the Japanese have a word for it already, they seem to have a word for everything

-- Gary F.
Yeah, the Japanese tend to be a little on the wordy side, and give names to just about everything. One of my students spent a year and half in Japan teaching English as a second language. I'll try to remember to ask him tonight or this weekend if he knows what it might be.

I call the "oh <your favorite expletive here>" moment