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From: inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson)
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Subject: Useful Words
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Date: Wed, 4-Jan-84 20:52:04 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  4 20:52:04 1984
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Hey, these are fun! I whipped these out tonight, but I don't know that I
really have caught the flavor of the first entries. Nonetheless, I hope you
like them:

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Autohomonym
    A word that is spelled differently than what it means or sounds like
    it might mean. E.g.: braserrie, which sounds like a good place to pick
    up some lingerie for your spouse-equivalent, but actually is French
    for "a hang out".

Autosuggestion
    A word that suggests itself.

Autohypnosis
    A word that is so boring that it puts itself to sleep.

Automobile
    A word that moves with no outside help. Usually they are verbs, but in
    the age of computer technology, these very words came to you of their
    own volition. Scientists believe that possibly any word can be made
    automobile, given correct encoding techniques. 

Autogiro
    Similar to automobiles, but they never move in straight lines, only
    spirals. They therefore are much harder to study, unless they have
    been made autohypnotic first. Cute trick, that.

Autocracy
    A word that exercises absolute dominion over itself. If converted to
    autogiriotic, they frequently become autofrenetic. Some have even
    twisted themselves into an autohypnotic state.


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Gary Benson
John Fluke Mfg. Co.
Everett, WA, USA