Omphaloskepsis

I was taught this word by a literature teacher in high school, and I’ve only seen it or heard it once since then: in Tom Robbins’ Jitterbug Perfume.

Aside from its obscurity, I like this word not only because it sounds ridiculous and awesome when you say it, but its meaning, “the contemplation of one’s own navel”, is also ridiculous and awesome.

Alan
SF CA US