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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

SUPREME WORD DU JOUR: NARCISSIST!!




SUPREME WORD DU JOUR: NARCISSIST

PRONUNCIATION:

(NAHR-si-sist)


MEANING:
(noun): Someone with excessive self-interest or self-love.

ETYMOLOGY:
In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a hunter and a young man of exceptional beauty. He spurned the nymph Echo. One day he saw his reflection in water and fell in love with himself. Not realizing it was himself and unable to leave, he eventually died. Earliest documented use: 1917.


USAGE:
"Dreyfus's vice-president is a narcissist who plays an important scene in a room filled with pictures of herself."
Jaime J. Weinman; Politics for Pretty People; Maclean's (Toronto, Canada); Jul 18, 2012.


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