DEFINITION: To be so obsessed with your own cleverness and wittiness that you don't listen to what anyone else is saying, let alone understand them.

Egolalia

Created by: ChristopherAndersen

Pronunciation: EE go LAY lee uh

Sentence: I couldn't get a word in over his egolalia.

Etymology: "ego" self and -lalia "speaking" (see glossolalia - speaking in tongues)

Points: 458

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