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OMPHALOSKEPSISI pronunciation

Contemplating one's navel as an aid to meditation.

This word seems to be relatively new, at least the Merriam-Webster
Word of the Day column claims it to have been invented only in the
1920s.  It turns up in only a few dictionaries and seems to be a word
that survives more for the chance to show off one's erudition than as
a real aid to communication.  ....


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