hobson's word of the week - #1

ever since hobson met his super bright girlfiend elaine, his "linguistic ability has escalated exponentially" (hobson's own words). his vocabulary is now so wide that not even dopey can get his arms around it (and dopey can get his arms around most wide things). being so intellectually superior to most of his mates, he is battling to find worthwhile, meaningful conversation. he has therefore asked for a regular weekly slot on this blog in order to educate his friends in the hope that one day he may be able to have an intelligent, thought-provoking conversation with one of his peers.

hobson's word for the week - #1:

narcissistic (derived from the word narcissism)

orgin of the word:

the word is derived from greek mythology. narcissuss was a handsome greek youth who rejected the desperate advances of the nymph echoo. as a punishment, he was doomed to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. unable to consummate his love, narcissus pined away and changed into the flower that bears his name, the narcissuss.

meaning of the word:

a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy, as indicated by:

1. a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, ie unreasonable expectations of especially favourable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, ie takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy and is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviours or attitudes

hobson's context:

dude: "i am having an operation to remove my left kidney to donate to my dying friend"
hobson: "bro... stop being narcissistic"

learning the word:

hobson reckons that now you are aware of the word you should attempt to use it as often as possible (no less than 3 times every ten minutes). because of the nature of the word, in order to use it regularly, you will need to surround yourself with good-looking, arrogant people (anyone wishing to spend time with buffy, spanky, or wiggy please let me know... you may not be first in line).

so that's it for this week... tune in next week for another edition of "hobson's word of the week".