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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Word of the Day: "avuncular"

"Avuncular" means "of, like, or in a manner reminiscent of uncles." What is the corresponding term for aunts?
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"Auntie-avuncular"

1 comment:

VEG said...

Vaguely similar (not at all similar!) I once texted my mum with the phrase "Is it her aunt?" in it. At least I thought that's what I typed. Autocorrect though changed JUST ONE LETTER. And caused me a life of shame. Thank you.

Avuncular sounds way more like a name describing a muscle degenerative disease than anything to do with male relatives... "I'm sorry Sir, there's nothing we can do for you now, I'm afraid it's avuncular."

Shut up Veg.