Definitions:
Princeton says:
(literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption)
Webster says:
contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation
My input:
I think the definition of navel-gazing helps here.
useless or excessive self-contemplation
Wikipedia's article on the word is also useful for more info about this word. " It is well known in the usually jocular phrase directed towards egotism and self-absorbed pursuits: "contemplating one's navel" or "navel-gazers". This criticism is also often leveled at professions which are interested in themselves: movies about Hollywood, for example, or television shows about television writers... it [also] refers to... concentration on a single issue."
Pronunciation: Om as in om nom nom, or on, with an m instead of an n. Pha has that same uh sound that I can never figure out what other words have in it. :( I have to figure that out. Lo as in low, fellow, bellow. Skep as in skeptic (sceptic). Sis as in sister.
Webster audio
Synonyms:
navel-gazing
a.k.a. California.
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ReplyDeleteI'm amazed that there was ever a necessity for such a word..
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ReplyDeleteNavel Gazing? Sounds like my kinda sport.
ReplyDeletethis word is bamf, but i dindt know u could use it like that
ReplyDeletelol what a wierd word. Dunno why but it reminds me of the word fecalpheliac.
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ReplyDeletei read the last part as 'skeksis,' like in the dark crystal. love that movie.
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