"This sentence contains ten words, eighteen syllables, and sixty-four letters." (from J. vos Post)
Anyway, while researching the above sentence I came across this entertaining list of 150+ recursive or self-referential sentences:
http://www2.vo.lu/homepages/phahn/humor/self_ref.htm
In a related note, earlier this week Futility Closet posted about a new pangram or autogram in Lee Sallows' tradition:
http://www.futilitycloset.com/2015/11/16/a-new-pangram/
And lastly, this is the final sentence of this particular post, which would appear to end with the word, hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.
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