For a while now, the label "narcissist" has been a buzzword online. Where does it come from, and how did it enter modern lingo?

Source: Wikimedia Commons/Caravaggio/Public domain. I have long been fascinated by the myth of Echo and Narcissus, and may finally have cracked its meaning. First, let’s remind ourselves of the myth.

Narcissistic personality disorder derives its name from the Greek myth of Narcissus, of which there are several versions. In Ovid's version, which is the most commonly related, the nymph Echo falls in ...