User:Ungoliant MMDCCLXIV/self examples
Words which are examples of themselves (see also autological):
- noun
- word
- abbrev.
- abbr.
- proparoxytone
- tpyo
- eggcorn
- string
- set (of characters)
- array (of characters)
- mondegreen
- letters
- archaiſm
- vocable
- mispelling
- chars
- characters
- psæudoarchaïſm (for pseudo- archaism)
- plurals
- singular
- methatesis (invention; metathesis of metathesis)
- adjectival
- centumisation
- clbuttic
- protologistical
- cranberry morpheme
- satemisation
- prefixed (with pre-)
- suffixed (with -ed)
- hog-morse
- RAS syndrome
- lithp
- more comparative
- redundantly redundant redundancy
- geason
- polysyllable
- seldsome
- to verb
- keming (neologism: “result of bad kerning”)
- sum of parts
- common (common is a common word)
- polysyllabic
- multisyllabic
- sesquipedalian
- short
- st-st-stammering
- st-st-stuttering
- mongrelism
- nonadverbial
- adverbially
- alphabetic
- alphabetical
- alphanumeric
- autological
- antonym (is an antonym of synonym)
- incorect
- haplogy
- pentasyllabic
- verbified
- sycope
- apocop
- Grecism
- Hellenism
- pheresis
- monosemous
- hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia-inducing
- most superlative
- verlan/vesre
- txtspk
- igpay atinlay
- B.A.C.K.R.O.N.Y.M. (Backward Acronym Created Knowingly and Retroactively on Other Names You Mentioned)
- LTR (left-to-right, written beginning on the left hand side)
- I dile echt
- wug word
Context dependent
editWhere the word is autological only in a certain context:
Text
edit- writing
- written
- text (where it is displayed as text)
- pixels (where it is displayed in a pixelised screen)
- hyphen-
ated - desrever
- uʍop-əpᴉsdn
- CAPITALISED
- uncapitalised
- invisible (when the word can’t be seen)
- visible (when the reader can see the word)
- bold
- italic
- underlined
- readable
- unreadable (where word is not visible to the reader/listener)
- wikilink
- wikified
struckthrough- bluelink
- redlink
- big
- small
- large
- tiny
- great
- little
- ALL CAPS
Sound
editOther
editMass entries
edit- Most words prefixed with non- describe themselves: for example, nonaerodynamic (the word) is not aerodynamic. See Category:English words prefixed with non-.
- Colour names. For example: green (where displayed in green colour). See Category:en:Colors.
- Onomatopoeia. Words which sound like the sound they describe. See Category:English onomatopoeias.
- Language names in the respective languages, like English or português. See Category:Languages.
Phonemes
editInterestingly, the names of many phonetic concepts begin with an example of the concept: