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The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Autological words

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Autological words

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The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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  • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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    The word fuck is fucked as fuck

  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Portmanteau!

  • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
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    “Lisp” 🤓

  • lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    logophiles when they see the word “fuckable”

  • Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz
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    Four

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Sesquipedalian is autological because sesquipedalian means ‘having many syllables or using long, complex words.’

    • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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      hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is scary to read or remember

    • msfroh@lemmy.ca
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      Huh… I had always assumed that it related to having one and a half feet/legs.

    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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      How would one pronounce that word?

      • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        sess - kwih - peh - dale - ian

        • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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          Thanks.

    • vithigar@lemmy.ca
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      Been one of my favorite words for a long time.

    • dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Last part is bit subjective though

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    The word onomatopoeia is an onomatopoeia because it’s derived from the sound of the word when spoken aloud

    - Ken M.

    • If Only@sh.itjust.works
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      Is Ken M still active anywhere?

      • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
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        No he died

        • bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Everywhere?

          • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
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            On this blessed day we are all dead everywhere

          • spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works
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            Nah, just in New Jersey

            • beejboytyson@lemmy.world
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              Where else is he gonna go? Detroit?

    • dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      And how is it pronounced

      • weew@lemmy.ca
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        Onomatopoeia

  • Jankatarch@lemmy.world
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    This.

    • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOP
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      Example

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    Me.

  • Canadian_Cabinet @lemmy.ca
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    Here’s the opposite:

    The work calque is a loanword, and the word loanword is a calque

    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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      Nice calque

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Nice calque, bro

  • IndolentRoshi@lemmy.world
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    Is the word “heterological” homological or heterological?

    If it is heterological, then it must be homological.

    If it is homological, then it must be heterological.

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      Don’t worry, I wrote a program that can find the answer for you. It’s been running for a while though…

      Maybe somebody could come up with a program to determine if my program will halt or continue forever?

      • P1nkman@lemmy.world
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        The answer is 42.

    • blujan@sopuli.xyz
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      None, we assumed the classification was binary, but these words are called Grellingian Words

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      What are you trying to do, kill robots?

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    This is a setup for someone to ponder if the word “nonautological” is an autological word or not.

    It is a one word encapsulation of the same paradox created by the phrase “this sentence is false.”

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      “I’m going to go ahead and say that’s true” - Wheatley

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      It would be a Grellingian Word

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      So if it isn’t, does that mean nonautological is nonautological? Which makes it autological again?

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    Are names of colors also autological words if they are written in their own color?

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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      I don’t think so, but try writing it in a color different than the color of the word to really mess with people’s head.

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    The word autological is autological.

  • Kenny2999@lemmy.world
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    So close.

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