auntie
noun
aunt.
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auntie
American
[an-tee, ahn-]
/ ˈæn ti, ˈɑn- /
Or
aunty
noun
aunties
plural
Auntie
1
British
/ ˈɑːntɪ /
noun
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an informal name for the BBC
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informal the Australian Broadcasting Association
auntie
2
British
/ ˈɑːntɪ /
noun
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a familiar or diminutive word for aunt
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informal an older male homosexual
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Origin of auntie
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The victim's niece, Mai Pexton, had gone to the property and banged on the door, screaming for her "auntie".
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
“We don’t have family locally, but we built a network of friends and auntie figures so my daughter feels secure and loved.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
If cities were people, Lucknow would be the auntie who insists you eat something.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
Chop up two-thirds of the dialogue into bon mots and it’d make a great book of inspirational quotes, the sort of thing a thoughtful auntie would slip into a kid’s stocking at Christmas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
It was her opinion that the reason Seema was as withdrawn as she was, was because Ritu auntie hadn’t done a good enough job making her feel welcome in her sasural—bridal home.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
She’s like an Auntie Mame, only her version of extravagance is peanut butter sundaes at Serendipity 3, a course at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and tickets to see Diana Rigg on Broadway in “Medea.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Over the past decade, I’ve fallen victim to the online shopping epidemic, meaning I haven’t stepped foot inside a mall and enjoyed an Auntie Anne’s pretzel in years.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
“Auntie Dosie had to have three aspirins, but Auntie Hannah, who liked port, stood in the middle of the snowbound back yard, singing like a big-bosomed thrush.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
"They left a mum and her three children completely helpless whilst her sister and their Auntie watched on in horror," she said.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
Auntie North sat her cup down and locked her pale green eyes with his.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
The aunties seemed genuinely delighted, bopping along to Bruno Mars as if this were the triumph of civic joy they had been waiting for since Election Day.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026
She encourages parents to "let go" if grandparents, aunties and uncles choose to spoil young ones.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025
Because of Mamdani’s interesting background, he brought the limousine liberals together with the aunties from Bangladesh.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025
Also, I know this column is about Sundays, but I love a weekday dim sum where you hang out with all the uncles and aunties while they read their newspapers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
The aunties always bother Mom about getting married.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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