When Dan Rather announced he'll weigh anchor after 24 years as the face of CBS News, none of the stories about it described him as avuncular. Avuncular is the fifty-dollar word that means "uncle-like, ...

The Washington Post described Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on Saturday, as having a "bushy white beard and an easy smile" in its obituary of the Iranian leader this ...

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'Materteral' and 'materterine' have occasionally been used, based on Latin 'matertera'. The OED calls them 'humorous', but 'materterine' at least has been used seriously by anthropologists.

Don’t you hate it when your rich bachelor uncle is all, “Hey, you better pump out some kids, man.” And you’re all, “Whatever.” And he’s all, “Oh, really!” And you’re all, “Did I stutter?” And he’s all ...