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dagfooyo commented on the word autological
Is autological itself an autological word? The question's trickier than it sounds. In order to know if a word describes itself, we must look at the definition of the word which in this case is a word which describes itself. So asking this question brings us right back to the same question again! It creates an endless logical loop, also known as a strange loop. Until we know if autological describes itself or not, we can't answer that very question - and so the question is unanswerable.
January 5, 2010