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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (295132)3/6/2009 8:34:28 AM
From: Geoff Altman  Read Replies (1) of 793866
 
I don't mind telling you that I had to look that up. The word really does fit the story perfectly:

solipsistic
One entry found.

Main Entry: so·lip·sism
Pronunciation: \'so-l?p-?si-z?m, 'sä-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin solus alone + ipse self
Date: 1874
: a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing ; also : extreme egocentrism
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