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Which means that onomatopoeic is a heterological adjective - an adjective which does not describe itself.

Is "heterological" a heterological adjective?

- Grelling and Nelson, 1908.




I would gladly swap 50% of the typical HN front page material for more stuff like this.


i didnt understand anything except the word pizza, which i go and order right now




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