Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Contemplation of or meditation upon one's navel.
WordNet 3.0
- n. literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption
Examples
“That was no way to earn three ounces of jasmine oil, let alone to earn three years of omphaloskepsis, which was what the doctor ordered (or did the doctor order the smothered burrito?).”
“Learned a new word you would like .. omphaloskepsis.”
“If pressed, could you spell syzygy or capybara, phylactery or omphaloskepsis or acouchi?”
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“And once we get this baby up and running, expect to see me go back and forth between think-piece omphaloskepsis like the above and discussions of shows and artstuff I get to see here in the Los Angeles area and where'er else I travel.”
“Entries might be traditional accounts of the day's hiking, messages to stragglers behind heckling them to catch up, introspective omphaloskepsis, cryptic musings of no obvious relevance to anything on the trail, or even entirely different things.”
“These boring people who seem to spend their time telling us how to vote, omphaloskepsis, or calling the paparazzi over for crotch shots of their kids will be around for at least another six months.”
“That sentiment is arrogant B.S. promoted by those who spend too much time enagaged in technological omphaloskepsis.”
“I guess that makes me inconsistent, which puzzles me on days like today where I fall victim to omphaloskepsis.”
“Presumably, one arrives at game theory through omphaloskepsis.] "...”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘omphaloskepsis’.
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Silly-sounding words
Serious words that sound silly when you say them
philosophunculist, argy-bargy, Labradoodle, shittah, shittim, floccinaucinihili..., succedaneum, honorificabilitud..., fag-ma-fuff, buffarilla, yazzihamper, mammothrept and 140 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Omphalology
A navel concept.
omphalosepsis, omphalology, omphalogician, omphalologist, omphalitis, omphalectomy, omphalism, anomphalous, omphalingering, omphalacious, omphalesy, omphalogenesis and 16 more...
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fredrx's beautiful sounding list
two most beautiful words when put together
womb, philistine, poignant, wombastic, eschelon, macabre, precipitous, panache, misogynist, placebo, cacophony, aplomb and 43 more...
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trouble's list
swimsuitissue As a child, I once stabbed myself in the bellybutton upon wondering if it could bleed. Indeed it can. Masochistic omphaloskepsis? Jun 18, 2009
satwordgeek My classmate suffers from acute omphaloskepsis. May 8, 2009
seanahan This word is great because it can act as an idiom, or indeed as a literal term. Who doesn't periodical ponder at the marvel that is one's belly button? Apr 23, 2009
anisette17 Make your own comments, geesh! I ALSO like this word because of the ancient association. The omphalos was a stone thought to be the 'navel' of the earth. But it brings such Discworld-type associations to my mind. Giant belly-buttons under the ground . . . Apr 22, 2009
frindley Omphaloskepsis (self-absorbed, navel-gazing). I'm not really a selfish person, but I do occasionally need someone to remind me to look up from my navel. Plus, things that have to do with belly-buttons are generally pretty fun.
(Anise Brock, San Francisco, USA) Oct 15, 2008
tankexmortis I keep contemplating it, but nothing's happening. Maybe I'm doing it wrong? Jan 17, 2007