Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is given to illeism.
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- noun someone who practices
illeism
Etymologies
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Examples
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Over the past 13 years, Garg has shared thousands of words with fellow linguaphiles, including illeist (someone who refers to himself in the third person, a la Bo Jackson), and petrichor (the pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell), and origin trivia like the fact that “shampoo” comes from the Hindi word “chumpee,” meaning “head massage.”
A Word From the Wordsmith - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Over the past 13 years, Garg has shared thousands of words with fellow linguaphiles, including illeist (someone who refers to himself in the third person, a la Bo Jackson), and petrichor (the pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell), and origin trivia like the fact that “shampoo” comes from the Hindi word “chumpee,” meaning “head massage.”
A Word From the Wordsmith - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
jeffazi commented on the word illeist
referring to oneself in the third person.
October 31, 2007
uselessness commented on the word illeist
uselessness has be known to do this on occasion.
October 31, 2007
reesetee commented on the word illeist
Reesetee never does this, though.
October 31, 2007
seanahan commented on the word illeist
A list of famous illiests is on Illeism at Wikipedia
October 31, 2007