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Posted By: wofahulicodoc words that do not describe themselves - 02/04/06 12:29 AM
An idle passing thought, engendered by "past" and "and a pest" in the restimulative thread.

The next association is "anapest."

But anapest is a dactyl.

Iamb is a trochee. So is dactyl, for that matter.

And so it goes...

Couldn't the Greeks have been more self-consistent?
Word!
Posted By: wsieber Re: words that do not describe themselves - 02/06/06 01:00 PM
Iamb is a trochee. - That used to be different, last century, when I went to school . But with all the reforms that have happened since, who knows...
monosyllabic...
Posted By: Marianna Re: words that do not describe themselves - 02/07/06 12:47 PM
Letter and sentence .
"Heterological," which I believe is the Official Definition of the concept.

Does that make Heterological an implied oxymoron?
Posted By: tsuwm Re: words that do not describe themselves - 02/07/06 08:00 PM
heterological

Posted By: wofahulicodoc sites that do not describe themselves - 02/07/06 09:11 PM
Yes, and you're even listing #7 on Onelook.com !

-The following sentence is true.
-The preceding sentence is false.
---Hofstadter
Posted By: sjmaxq Re: sites that do not describe themselves - 02/07/06 09:12 PM
Quote:

Yes, and you're even listing #7 on Onelook.com !

-The following sentence is true.
-The preceding sentence is false.
---Hofstadter




Don't let the cat out of the bag. -- Schrödinger's Mum.
Posted By: wofahulicodoc Schroedinger is mum - 02/07/06 09:18 PM
Quote:

Quote:

-The following sentence is true.
-The preceding sentence is false.
---Hofstadter




Don't let the cat out of the bag. -- Schrödinger's Mum.



...and if no one is there to hear what Schrödinger says, is it true or not?
Posted By: tsuwm Re: sites that do not describe themselves - 02/07/06 09:44 PM
>listing #7

if there are 37 listings, I'll be no. 37.

I shudda called it a worthless word for the day.
Palindrome
Posted By: SGleason Re: sites that do not describe themselves - 02/09/06 05:30 PM

Phonetic.
Posted By: Jackie Re: sites that do not describe themselves - 02/10/06 01:54 AM
Welcome aBoard, Susan! You hit the very first word in one of my favorites of Anu's themes:
words that go out of their way to not apply to themselves
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From March of 1999:
phonetic
abbreviation
monosyllabic
(Hi, Mechana! )
hemidemisemiquaver I LOVE that word!
descender
diminutive
opuscule

archives and
April archives
> hemidemisemiquaver

at least you're not crotchety...
Posted By: themilum Words that do not describe themselves - 02/10/06 06:34 PM
That Goodnight.
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