Thursday, August 20, 2009

Word of the day: omphaloskepsis

'Contemplation of one's navel.' (Orig from the Greek, word nerds.)

"Hey boss, I need thinking space otherwiase I won't be able to do any omphaloskepsis... and my work will suffer. I'm off to the pub."
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  1. H Dickins21/8/09 12:52

    This word is definitely getting added to my own pwersonal lexicon. And I intend to use it!

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  2. H Dickins29/8/09 12:14

    I can now report that I *have* used it (and more importantly - correctly remembered it for further use!)

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  3. Jongudmund1/9/09 23:16

    Well that's good to know. At least I think it's good to know.

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