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Autological words (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Sesquipedalian is autological because sesquipedalian means 'having many syllables or using long, complex words.'

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is scary to read or remember

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How would one pronounce that word?

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

sess - kwih - peh - dale - ian

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 days ago

Thanks.

[–] msfroh@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

Huh... I had always assumed that it related to having one and a half feet/legs.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

Been one of my favorite words for a long time.

[–] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 days ago

Last part is bit subjective though