What is a Nephling?

nephling (plural nephlings) (rare) A child of one’s sibling; niece or nephew.

Where did the term nibling come from?

Niece entered Middle English from the Old French word nece, which also derives from Latin nepotem. The word nibling is a neologism suggested by Samuel Martin in 1951 as a cover term for “nephew or niece”; it is not common outside of specialist literature.

What is the collective noun of aunts?

A group of aunts is called a book club.

Is there a collective word for aunts and uncles?

If you have brothers and sisters, they are your siblings; your mother and father are your parents. But what about your aunts and uncles? The word sibling comes from Old English, and just means related by blood. I suggest taking the parental ‘p’ to replace the ‘s’, so aunts and uncles are ‘piblings’.

What is a synonym for Nibling?

chomping (on), crunching (on), gnawing (on), masticating.

What do I call my sister’s son?

nephew
A nephew is the son of your sibling. This makes you the aunt or uncle of that nephew.

Is Nibling a word?

Give what you can here.) Meet “nibling.” This gender-neutral term is a blend of “niece/nephew” and “sibling.” In other words, niblings are your siblings’ children. Unfortunately, nibling doesn’t appear in most standard dictionaries.

What is the collective noun for nieces and nephews?

nibling
Yet their meanings are clear: “auntistic” in the manner of an aunt; “nibling” an ingenious, gender-neutral collective term, on the model of “sibling,” for nephews and nieces.

What is a group of squirrels called?

A dray or scurry of squirrels.

Why do we say aunt and uncle?

The modern English word for a parent’s sister, “aunt,” is a direct descendant of the Modern French word of the same meaning, tante. Uncle is also derived from a French word of the same meaning, oncle, and like aunt, your parent’s brother’s moniker has also been around since the 13th century.

What is an aunt or uncle called?

An aunt is a woman who is a sibling of a parent or married to a sibling of a parent. Aunts who are related by birth are second-degree relatives. Known alternate terms include auntie or aunty. The male counterpart of an aunt is an uncle, and the reciprocal relationship is that of a nephew or niece.

Is niece masculine or feminine?

If you are female, you are their niece. If you are male, you are their nephew.

What is the collective term for nieces and nephews as siblings?

Collective term for nieces and nephews as siblings is collective for brothers and sisters. My niblings will have to wait until Christmas for their presents. Get the Niblings neck gaiter and mug. A gender-neutral word for a niece or nephew, a-la ” sibling .” I have 9 nephews and 4 nieces for a total of 13 niblings.

How many words are there for nieces and nephews?

Unfortunately, the English language is far from perfect e.g. the i before e except after c rule has only about 93 words that follow that rule but there are about 243 words that are exceptions to that rule – go figure – but I digress. There is not a collective term for nieces and nephews except for neflings in German and sobrinos in Spanish.

What are some gender neutral terms for nieces and nephews?

In my social circle we use a neologism, “niblings”, which means the same as siblings but for the next generation down (nieces and nephews). It’s not standard English but if you like the coinage, spread it around and use it – that’s how all words start.

What’s the difference between Niblings and nieces?

They are urging friends and family to use the word ‘ niblings ‘ instead of the phrase nieces and nephews in an attempt to earn it a place in the Oxford English Dictionary. The Guardian recently published a report on a woman talking about her “auntistic” relationship with her “niblings.”

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