Bridget96, I guess there's not much (A)nu under the sun:

wordsmith
(Chief)
Mon May 15 08:15:40 2000
Words about words

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It's another of those words that go out of their way not to apply to
themselves. If today's word were to practice what it preaches we would be
seeing a leaner, meaner version of it, one that would be more suitable for
Scrabble, and save two keystrokes. How does haplogy sound? See you in a few
hundred years! In the meanwhile, look for more meta-words or words about
words in AWAD during this week.
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(I added the bold font above.)