the autopoiesis of autopeotomy: weirdest dictionary story ever

Me: http://www.smh.com.au/world/autopeotomy-theres-madness-in-its-meaning-20090611-c4m5.html

My sis: Yucky! How did you even come upon this?

Me: I was doing some research on the origins of 'crowdsourcing'.

In 1879, James Murray said:

"I would like to invite readers to contribute to the development of
the Dictionary by adding to our record of English throughout the
world. Everyone can play a part in recording the history of the
language and helping to enhance the Oxford English Dictionary."

And this other guy, Doctor W., got really interested,
and ended up contributing a whole lot of info to the
original OED.  (This is all documented in a book
called "The madman and the professor", which came
out maybe a decade ago, now.)

Anyway, OK, the story itself is rather disgusting, but
it's also an interesting bizarre case of /autopoiesis/ --
(self-creation), as the Dictionary seems to practically call
out across the ages for the creation of this new word
/autopeotomy/.

Then, there's an interesting Freudian question as to
whether the creation of a Big Dic (like teh OED)
doesn't somehow '(self-)castrate' the creators
automatically.  Like, by creating a text that contains
all the answers -- the entire history of the language --
the creators render themselves unable to speak.

Obviously these topics are of concern to me when
thinking about Hyperreal Dictionaries.