Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 hours agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1201arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square154fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareToto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·16 hours agoAvuncular - of or having the qualities of an uncle. “His avuncular joke was both lazy and sexist”
minus-squareGodric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·39 minutes 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!
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·16 hours agoThat’s the definition but not how it’s ever used.
Avuncular - of or having the qualities of an uncle.
“His avuncular joke was both lazy and sexist”
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!
That’s the definition but not how it’s ever used.
Proof /s