Tomatopoeia
1. a word whose inherently defining quality is also the word’s meaning; the word “obfuscate” is, in and of itself, obfuscative, and therefore an example of a tomatopoeia. syn: logoslogocrocothesis
would you please quit murmuring and buzzing about? your tomatopoeias are confusing the h-ll out of me.
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