a combination of "emo" and "egocentric".
The feeling that nobody else is suffering quite as bad as you are.
The feeling that nobody else is suffering quite as bad as you are.
by Ashara December 5, 2004
e•mo•cen•tric |eem'oh'sentrik|
adjective
thinking only of one's own sadness, without regard for the feelings or desires of others and being whiny and totally gay; self-centered : their emocentric tendencies prevented everyone from having a non-gay evening.
noun
an emocentric person.
DERIVATIVES
emocentrically |-(uh)lee| adverb
emocentricity |-sen'trisitee| noun
emocentrism |-sentriz'm| noun
ORIGIN late 20th cent.: from emo (a terrible genre of the worst music ever recorded that only chicks and fags listen to), on the pattern of words such as geocentric.
adjective
thinking only of one's own sadness, without regard for the feelings or desires of others and being whiny and totally gay; self-centered : their emocentric tendencies prevented everyone from having a non-gay evening.
noun
an emocentric person.
DERIVATIVES
emocentrically |-(uh)lee| adverb
emocentricity |-sen'trisitee| noun
emocentrism |-sentriz'm| noun
ORIGIN late 20th cent.: from emo (a terrible genre of the worst music ever recorded that only chicks and fags listen to), on the pattern of words such as geocentric.
by Marc Yelloz December 19, 2005