What's an awesome alternative name for aunt or cousin!? When you combine the words it's either "Aousin" or something not very flattering!. Any suggestions or creative ideas!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: there's cauntie or aunsin!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The French and German word for aunt is "tante" while the Spanish for aunt is "tia"!. The French and German translation of the English word cousin is a cognate, "cousine" and "cousin" respectively, but the Spanish word for a female first cousin is "prima" while the a male first cousin is "primo"!. Tante, tia, and prima/primo are all good alternative names for the English words for aunt and a female cousin!.Www@QuestionHome@Com There isn't one!. There isn't an awsome alternative for "hamburger", either!. You can call it a "Bob-o-Link" if you want, but you'll have a hard time ordering lunch at McDonald's!. You could call a pencil "My lead-lined Cedar-mobile", but again, you'd have a tough time borrowing one from a classmate to take notes, or buying a dozen new ones at the store!.Www@QuestionHome@Com But, Ted's recommendation for pencil "My lead-lined Cedar-mobile", wouldn't be on the money!. A pencil's center is a core or strip of GRAPHITE, not lead!. It could also be "a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood", or "graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication", and last but not least --thank God--A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U!.S!.: #42540) http://www!.askoxford!.com/concise_oed/aun!.!.!. aunt =amita (Latin) http://www!.onelook!.com/!?w=aunt&ls=a From Encarta : Auntie = a nickname for the BBC, or British Broadcasting Corporation, in reference to its image as a kindly and well-intentioned, if old-fashioned, guardian of standards; Malaysia form of address to woman: used as a form of address or reference to an unfamiliar woman of middle age or beyond ("Auntie, do you want to buy some!?") 1297, from Anglo-French!. "aunte" Greek: amma "mother"; Arabic: umm "mother"; Latin:!. amita "paternal aunt" auntie has been recorded since c!.1790 as "a term often used in accosting elderly women!." "kissing cousin" is Southern U!.S!. expression, 1940s, denoting "those close enough to be kissed in salutation;" Street slang for certain drugs: Aunt-- Powder cocaine Aunt Hazel --Heroin Aunt Mary --Marijuana Aunt Nora --Cocaine Aunti --Opium Aunti Emma-- Opium COUSIN: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the U!.S!.: #7421) kuzz, or cuzz--what I call my cousins!. =DWww@QuestionHome@Com |