self-congratulating

self-con·grat·u·la·tion

[self-kuhn-grach-uh-ley-shuhn, or, often, -graj-, -kuhng-, self-]
noun
the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.

Origin:
1705–15

self-con·grat·u·la·to·ry [self-kuhn-grach-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee or, often, -graj-, -kuhng-, self-] , adjective
self-con·grat·u·lat·ing, adjective
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self-congratulation
 
n
the state or an instance of congratulating or being pleased with oneself

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Self-congratulating is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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