[dang]

> Verbizes

Is there a name for words like this, which are themselves examples of what they denote?

[rdlw]

Autological words, like pentasyllabic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autological_word

[dang]

Thanks!

[Y_Y]

You may also find the following interesting:

List of such words: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_autological_...

The antonym, heterological, produces a nice Russell-type paradox: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grelling%E2%80%93Nelson_para...

[elygre]

This just crazes the language, IIRC.

[Y_Y]

Verbing weirds.