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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Self description #29423 05/18/2001 2:46 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London Is there one for a word that does describe itself? Autological. Examples: 'short', 'English', 'polysyllabic', 'autological'. The opposite is heterological, examples being 'long', 'monosyllabic', 'German'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Collapsed(?) words slovovoi 05/17/2001 2:19 PM Re: Collapsed(?) words Faldage 05/17/2001 2:23 PM Re: Collapsed(?) words of troy 05/17/2001 2:26 PM Re: Collapsed(?) words belligerentyouth 05/18/2001 7:44 AM Re: Collapsed(?) words belligerentyouth 05/18/2001 11:07 AM Re: Portmanteau Faldage 05/18/2001 11:15 AM Re: Portmanteau belligerentyouth 05/18/2001 11:26 AM Re: Portmanteau tsuwm 05/18/2001 2:07 PM Re: Self description Faldage 05/18/2001 2:22 PM Re: Self description NicholasW 05/18/2001 2:46 PM Re: Self description Faldage 05/18/2001 3:28 PM Re: Self description tsuwm 05/18/2001 4:04 PM Re: Self description Rusty 05/22/2001 7:26 AM Re: Self description tsuwm 05/22/2001 1:27 PM Re: Self description Rusty 05/22/2001 10:08 PM Re: Self description Jackie 05/23/2001 2:16 PM Re: Unreturned books wow 05/23/2001 2:55 PM Re: Self description musick 05/23/2001 10:24 PM Re: Collapsed(?) words Capital Kiwi 05/20/2001 10:10 AM Re: Collapsed(?) words wordcrazy 05/20/2001 12:27 PM Re: Collapsed(?) words AnnaStrophic 05/20/2001 1:07 PM Re: Collapsed(?) words slovovoi 05/21/2001 11:42 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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