#autonyms

[mattseeleypoetry]

Autonyms

How aptly archaic

Is the word ‘archaic’

To mean antiquated

While itself outdated

Much like the word ‘erudite‘

Which means educated

And is only ever spoken

By the highly literate

  Or by those considered ‘magniloquent‘

Now there’s a fancy word!

  Which, of course, means pompous

(And it’s probably the most pompous word

That I have ever heard!)

  Now, I do hope this poem

Hasn’t been too ‘obfuscatory‘

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[mapsontheweb]

European language autonyms.

[mixteclinguistics-blog]

Locality / autonym. Pueblo / autodenominación. Por ejemplo ~ for example: mixteco de Coatzóspam = tu'un davi (de Coatzóspam) This is a useful list if you know the place a Mixtecan language is spoken but not the name of the language *in* the language.

[thedailyetymology-blog]

Oxymoron is an oxymoron. It comes from the greek words for sharp (oxys) and dull (moros). Moros also meant foolish, but that definition is way less appropriate.