c/mildlyinteresting · by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world · 334dAutological words 589 points · 45 comments · view on lemmy.world
45 Comments
Klear@quokk.au · 69 pts · 334d
The word onomatopoeia is an onomatopoeia because it's derived from the sound of the word when spoken aloud
- Ken M.
dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 334d
And how is it pronounced
weew@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 334d
Onomatopoeia
if_only@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 334d
Is Ken M still active anywhere?
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 334d
No he died
bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 334d
Everywhere?
spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 334d
Nah, just in New Jersey
beejboytyson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 334d
Where else is he gonna go? Detroit?
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 334d
On this blessed day we are all dead everywhere
Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca · 36 pts · 334d
Here's the opposite:
The work calque is a loanword, and the word loanword is a calque
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 334d
Nice calque
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 334d
Nice calque, bro
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 32 pts · 334d
Sesquipedalian is autological because sesquipedalian means 'having many syllables or using long, complex words.'
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 334d
How would one pronounce that word?
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 334d
sess - kwih - peh - dale - ian
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 334d
Thanks.
msfroh@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 334d
Huh... I had always assumed that it related to having one and a half feet/legs.
vithigar@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 334d
Been one of my favorite words for a long time.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 333d
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is scary to read or remember
dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 334d
Last part is bit subjective though
IndolentRoshi@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 334d
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.
kadu@scribe.disroot.org · 21 pts · 334d
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 · 6 pts · 334d
The answer is 42.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 334d
What are you trying to do, kill robots?
blujan@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 334d
None, we assumed the classification was binary, but these words are called Grellingian Words
lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 25 pts · 334d
logophiles when they see the word "fuckable"
Little8Lost@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 334d
Are names of colors also autological words if they are written in their own color?
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 334d
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.
topherclay@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 334d
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."
dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 334d
So if it isn't, does that mean nonautological is nonautological? Which makes it autological again?
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 334d
"I'm going to go ahead and say that's true" - Wheatley
blujan@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 334d
It would be a Grellingian Word
squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 334d
Bird is the word
Pronell@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 334d
Word.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 334d
ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
uhm mah mao mao ba uhm mah mao mao
Kenny2999@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 334d
So close.
Unleaded8163@fedia.io · 8 pts · 334d
The word autological is autological.
Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 334d
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org · 6 pts · 334d
"Lisp" 🤓
humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 333d
The word fuck is fucked as fuck
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 334d
Portmanteau!
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 334d
This.
The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world · 1 pts · 333d
Example
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 334d
Huh. That makes sense.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 334d
Me.
Electrical_Depth@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 334d
" Who would've thought " ahh fact.
Electrical_Depth@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 334d