PEARLS OF SLAPSTICKY WISDOM

2008-10-08

P(r)etty

Thought: I'm the best you can never be.

Words: I will bring world peace and end global warming. I love you my admirers all. Nothing ugly will come in my beautiful Queendom.

Actions: Looking into the mirror Warrior straightens her imaginary tiara and bestows kisses and waves to her imaginary subjects.

Meaning: narcissism

(
när'sĭ-sĭz'əm) also narcism (-sĭz'əm)
n.
  1. excessive love or admiration of oneself.
  2. a psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.
  3. the attribute of the human psyche charactized by admiration of oneself but within normal limits.
  4. erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.