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Re: Off topic: New Year's frivolity

Patricia M Godfrey  wrote:

> But what, what does one call something that is what it discusses?

One of the top hits when googling for "self-referential poem" mentions
the term "razo". It's not a word I would casually slip into conversation
(unless suitably primed by some vintage Deutz), but apparently it is
derived from an ancient word in Provencal referring to explanations
sometimes prefixed to Troubadour poems.

Wolfgang Bechstein
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