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    [Noun]  | "ego*tism" | \ ˈē-gə-ˌti-zəm \


    1: excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun

    2: the practice of talking about oneself too much

    3: an exaggerated sense of self-importance : conceit


    Origin: 1714 ;

     Latin egō "I" + -t- (of uncertain origin) + {see: |-ism|-ism} {mat|I:1|I:1};

      * Note : The word egotism was apparently introduced by Joseph {addison|Addison:b} in no. 562 of The Spectator (July 2, 1714): "The Gentlemen of Port-Royal, who were more eminent for their Learning and their Humility than any other in France, banished the way of speaking in the First Person out of all their Works, as arising in Vain-Glory and Self-conceit. To shew their particular Aversion to it, they branded this Form of Writing with the Name of an Egotism: a Figure not to be found among the ancient Rhetoricians." "Port-Royal" alludes to the Jansenists, who numbered adherents in the religious communities of Port-Royal des Champs, near Versailles, and Port-Royal de Paris. Addison's statement implies that French égotisme precedes use of the English word, though there appears to be no evidence of this. The first incidence of the French word cited by the Trésor de la langue française is in a translation of The Spectator published in 1726. The formation with -t- as a hiatus-filling vowel is perhaps modeled on {idiotism:1|idiotism:1}.;

    [Noun]  | "egotism" 


    1: an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements;


      * e.g., " ... for someone who has won a Nobel Prize in physics, he is remarkably without egotism "





    2: excessive interest in oneself;


      * e.g., " ... egotism is not something that winners of the Nobel Prize for peace usually have time for "





     [ "egotism" ]

    1: The dogma that ethics is the final reduction.

      * e.g.,  ... Egotism--employed by the left--is the premise that right and wrong are the final reductions. 

     [ "EGOT" ]

    1: Philip Michael Thomas invented the phrase "EGOT", meaning "Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony", in reference to his plans for winning all four.

      * e.g.,  ... Man! I plan to win all awards in the EGOT. That is an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony-award. 

     [ "Egot" ]

    1: Egot (Alternatively: Igot) is a Filipino slang term derived from the word igorot. Igorot refers to the mountainous peoples of the Philippines. The term egot usually denotes one of dark skin tone and is commonly used in the states by Filipinos to refer to one of African descent.

      * e.g.,  ... Some egots broke into Tito Bernies store again. 

     [ "EGOT" ]

    1: A verb or motivational saying in which shows you will earn all performance awards in which you get an emmy, grammy, oscar and a tony, popularized by the T.V. show, 30 Rock.

      * e.g.,  ... "What's your goal in life?" "I'm going to EGOT" 

     [ "Egot" ]

    1: Traditionally referring to the dark skinned, indigenous peoples of the Philippines, egot has become a sort of equivallent to nigga among wanksta filipino youth.

      * e.g.,  ... 'Sup egot. Let's hold back the integrity of our race for another 20 years by acting all wanksta and stuff. 

     [ "egot" ]

    1: egot is slang for igorot the term used to describe the collective indigenous people's of the mountanous cordillera region. It is derogatory because just as latinos/hispanics use the term indio to describe a very dark individual, it includes the connotation that indigenous/ darker/ non-european features are ugly and inferior.

     [ "EgoT" ]

    1: A godlike entity, we must be down to him, for he is root, all our base are belong to him, he's cool, awesome, and many more things.

      * e.g.,  ... EgoT > God 

     [ "Bicycle Egotism" ]

    1: The feeling of moral and physical superiority one derives from riding a bicycle instead of driving a car.

      * e.g.,  ... Justin felt so good about himself from riding his bike to work all week, he delivered an obnoxious sermon to his co-workers about refusing to contribute to the destruction of the environment and resource wars. And that was when he realized he had bicycle egotism. 

     [ "Western EGOT" ]

    1: Like the traditional EGOT, the Western EGOT is an honor bestowed upon individuals who achieve the four most elite accomplishments of the American West. To earn a Western EGOT, at some point in their life an individual must eat 50 hard-boiled eggs, survive at least one gunfight, complete an oxen drive of at least 500 miles (oxen may be substituted for cattle or other livestock), and kill their first bear by the age of three (also known as the Davy Crockett Challenge). Western EGOT (Traditional EGOT)

      * e.g.,  ... Jolene finally completed her first oxen drive at the age of 37, becoming the youngest Western EGOT in modern history. 


     [ "Western EGOT" ]

    2: E - Eggs Eaten (Traditional: Emmy)


     [ "Western EGOT" ]

    3: G - Gunfight Survived (Traditional: Grammy)


     [ "Western EGOT" ]

    4: O - Oxen Driven (Traditional: Oscar)


     [ "Western EGOT" ]

    5: T - Three-year Bear (Traditional: Tony) Previous honorees include folk hero Davy Crockett and businessman Cornelius Roosevelt.

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