omphaloskepsis

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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.

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  1. literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption

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  • 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. —  ORACULATIONS
  • That sentiment is arrogant B.S. promoted by those who spend too much time enagaged in technological omphaloskepsis. —  Reverend Ted's Blog
  • Presumably, one arrives at game theory through omphaloskepsis.] "... —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 1
  • 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. —  Planet Mozilla
  • Diaspora, geomancy, suppurate, dewclaw, omphaloskepsis. intellibitz Univ of Rhode Island (URI) blog on Pulitzer winner stories of India diaspora by Jhumpa Lahiri. http://www. uricommonreading.blogspot.com/ —  Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
 

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