The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoAutological wordsmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1580arrow-down17
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minus-squaretopherclay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 days 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·edit-23 days agoSo if it isn’t, does that mean nonautological is nonautological? Which makes it autological again?
minus-squareSpice Hoarder@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days 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