Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881. Thumbnail below: a photo of the artist and his son, shot by Robert Capa. BoingBoing reader Roberto Greco says,
This photo [also] relates to a specific application of the [Spanish] word “nervio”. Shortly after meeting my wife, she introduced me to the nuanced meaning that the Spanish word nervio had acquired in the lexicon of her family. As used in their Chilean home, the word could be defined as a feeling of such intense affection that one trembles or grits his teeth with restraint so as not to harm the object of his affection. I have heard others allude to the sensation in seemingly bizarre phrases such as, “It’s so cute [that] I want to squeeze it to death.”
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