"Is Anal Retentive Hyphenated?": Self-Referential Humor

Authors

Don Hauptman

Abstract

You know about self-referential statements. The classic examples are the Greek logical paradoxes. The Epimenides Paradox, in one variant, asserts: "This sentence is false." For millennia, philosophers have struggled to determine what such bafflers mean, if indeed they have any meaning at all.

Recommended Citation

Hauptman, Don (2004) ""Is Anal Retentive Hyphenated?": Self-Referential Humor," Word Ways: Vol. 37 : Iss. 4 , Article 6.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol37/iss4/6