Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square288fedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1338arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square288fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTotolinkfedilinkarrow-up36arrow-down1·6 months agoAvuncular - of or having the qualities of an uncle. “His avuncular joke was both lazy and sexist”
minus-squareshalafilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·6 months agoThat’s the definition but not how it’s ever used.
minus-squareGodriclinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoYeah, that word means uncle-like, but it’s very much a word for a fun or chill uncle vibe. Don’t you slander uncledom like that, you unavuncluar tranch!
Avuncular - of or having the qualities of an uncle.
“His avuncular joke was both lazy and sexist”
That’s the definition but not how it’s ever used.
Proof /s
Yeah, that word means uncle-like, but it’s very much a word for a fun or chill uncle vibe.
Don’t you slander uncledom like that, you unavuncluar tranch!