The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAutological wordsmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1591arrow-down17
arrow-up1584arrow-down1imageAutological wordsmedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square47linkfedilink
minus-squaretopherclay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 month agoThis 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.”
minus-squaredysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoSo if it isn’t, does that mean nonautological is nonautological? Which makes it autological again?
minus-squareSpice Hoarder@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month ago“I’m going to go ahead and say that’s true” - Wheatley
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.”
So if it isn’t, does that mean nonautological is nonautological? Which makes it autological again?
“I’m going to go ahead and say that’s true” - Wheatley
It would be a Grellingian Word