We spoke on the show recently about the term avuncular, meaning like an uncle, and some listeners responded with terms for being like an aunt. Try out auntly or avauntular, if you’re looking to impress and/or alienate someone at the reunion. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Avauntular”
We talked on an earlier show about a counterpart to the word avuncular.
Remember that?
Yeah, avuncular means like an uncle, right?
Right, right.
Comes from the Latin.
And there is a rare word marturtural, which means like an ant.
And always comes up when we talk about this.
Yeah, but whoever uses it.
Except in a program like this, nobody.
I don’t use it.
What does that mean?
And I’m an ant.
Even I?
Even I don’t use it.
I mean, I like those rare, weird words, but even I don’t talk about things.
It’s hard to say besides being rare.
I know, right?
You’re always like, yeah, puckering.
But we got some better suggestions, I think, from some of our listeners.
Jim Lamport suggested Antly, A-N-T-L-Y.
Antly.
Antly things.
Maybe.
I’m trying to fulfill my Antly duties.
With the movie Ant-Man coming out, I think maybe that might be confusing.
Maybe not.
And both Wendy Berrelson from Laramie, Wyoming, and Deb Revasia from Spokane, Washington, suggested Avantular.
Avantular.
And that actually sounds like a positive.
I think that works, right?
There’s something positive and uplifting with that.
Yes.
What is the Vance?
Maybe that’s it.
It’s like Advantage.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Advantage.
Advanced.
Avantular.
Avantular.
Or I guess if you pronounce it aunt, then it would be Avantular.
Avantular.
I like Avantular.
Avantular sounds pretentious.
Avantular sounds very American.
Right.
So I’m going to go fulfill my eventular duties.
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