agony aunt
Britishnoun
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One TikTok user, who goes by the name Ngo Keĩta, plays the role of a popular agony aunt, posting clips in Wolof, the language spoken most widely in Senegal.
From Seattle Times
Legend has it, she had an arranged marriage gone wrong, a frozen man to deal with and ended up as an agony aunt.
From BBC
Taking the stand as the first witness on Wednesday morning, the agony aunt behind the long-running Ask E Jean advice column said Mr Trump's attacks on her had destroyed her reputation.
From BBC
Doyle Kennedy said she loved the way “Maria approaches everything — being an agony aunt, solving a murder — through food.”
From New York Times
Between her memoir, podcast, a recent novel and her gig as an agony aunt for a British newspaper, many young British women see her as the trusted voice of a close friend.
From New York Times
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