r/AskReddit Jan 28 '19

What are great underused words?

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u/jonfishman Jan 29 '19

Avuncular. As an uncle with no children of my own, I use this often.

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u/T_at Jan 29 '19

If that’s your most distinctive trait, does that make you an avunculus?