Talk:List of autological words

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If no one disagrees, I will take the "expand" and "stub" categories of the page; I believe it has been expanded enough, for the time being. Goldencako 18:34, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] hippopotomonstrosesquipidelian

Hi. Does this word count (because it means a long word and it is a long word)? Or has this been discussed before? Is there a wiktionary entry for this? Thanks. ~AH1(TCU) 14:53, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Silly

"this is getting far too silly"
"this is getting far too silly"

Reading this page makes me feel like that military fellow on Monty Python who says "stop that. Stop being silly." Maybe it's because of awful phrases like

The word ludicrous can be considered autological because the word is uncommon, and its use might cause humor.
Humongous is autological because the word itself is big
Although the meaning changes, the moment "statical" changes, it will be another word, albeit with the same meaning.
The word stub means something that is very short, and since this word is short, it is a stub
This word has many curves in the letters, thus it is curved
One is only one word
Words themselves generally are not wet

A number of them are even disagreeable

Flat This word appears flat. No it doesn't.
Asymmetric is autological because the word itself is asymmetric. What? How?
This word has been written by someone, so it is autological. Unless it's typed or printed.

The fact of the matter is that this is either horrible original research, an outlet for rediculous and tautological justifications, or something that aught to be moved to Wiktionary. — Ƶ§œš¹ [aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi] 07:35, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] bilabial

Would "bilabial" be an appropriate addition to this list? In phonetics, bilabial sounds are formed using both lips. The 'b' sound is bilabial, so the word is autological.

I don't want to clutter the list with silly definitions. I think this is fascinating, though. Is it worth adding? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Uberllama42 (talk • contribs) 04:42, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I'd say that "bilabial" is a property of sounds, not of words. Plus, the other sounds in the word bilabial are not bilabial. 2 out of 8 is only 25%. — Ƶ§œš¹ [aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi] 04:46, 31 May 2008 (UTC)