Why “uncle” is being discussed
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lol what a hypocrite. when he was getting uncle sam's money and security umbrella, he was happy and not questioning anything then now facing a bit of the reality scared my poor…
by bariscimen · Sep 30, 2026
Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks (re-reading) Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett (re-reading) Invitation to Forth by Harry Katzan Jr (reading to my son) Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dah…
by ErroneousBosh · Sep 30, 2026
I really loved this book, but it took me two tries over a few years to finally finish it. It's like a too-big slice of the world's greatest cake. The character arcs of Lydgate a…
by gtg239a · Sep 30, 2026
Why does every criticism of CloudFlare ignore the fact that they mitigate the largest DDoSes in the world in an age where DDoS-for-hire cost only a few dollars per minute? Nobod…
by thephyber · Sep 30, 2026
I have a theory that the internet gave antisocial people an outsized voice they lacked before. Poorly socialized people before the internet had little forum to say anything wher…
by tsunamifury · Sep 29, 2026
People in my life just do not drink when we get together. In many non-Anglo-Euro countries, drinking is seen as moderately aberrant behaviour akin to frequenting sex workers or…
by Alien1Being · Sep 29, 2026
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An uncle is usually defined as a male relative who is a sibling of a parent; term for married to a sister of one of a parent, is uncle-in-law, as well as the parent of the cousins, although this individual is more commonly simply referred to as uncle without this distinction. Uncles who are related by birth are second-degree relatives. The female counterpart of an uncle is an aunt, and the reciprocal relationship is that of a nephew or niece. The word comes from Latin: avunculus, the diminutive of avus (grandfather), and is a family relationship within an extended or immediate family. A popular colloquial term in recent Gen Z and Alpha English is Unc. Read more on Wikipedia