avauntular
n.— «With all the sex talk, the avuncular (or avauntular?) dynamic of Regis Philbin-Kelly Ripa and Meredith Vieira-Matt Lauer is also absent.» —“We’re Not Dating’: A Morning Show With Sex on the Brain” by Virginia Heffernan New York Times Feb. 8, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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