Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 24, 2008
.narcissism \NAHR-suh-siz-em\, noun:
.excessive love or admiration for oneself; in psychoanalysis, gratification manifested in admiration and love of oneself
.I find it interesting that the B.O., the poster boy for narcissism, has been able to surround himself with equally narcissistic sycophants!
Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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by 1822, from Greek Narkissos, beautiful youth in mythology (Ovid, "Metamorphosis," iii.370) who fell in love with his own reflection in a spring and was turned to the flower narcissus.
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