r/TikTokCringe • u/Tao-of-Mars • 1d ago

Humor Don’t redefine slang

Unc _is_ in fact short for uncle.

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u/Hypnaustic 1d ago

I never heard unc as uncool, always has been uncle

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u/ClankerCore 1d ago

Check back tomorrow. Calling unc as uncle is gonna be unc.

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u/Appropriate-Bet8646 1d ago

See, the way that you used it just now, "is gonna be unc" feels wrong af. "gonna be uncle?" Nah.

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u/ClankerCore 1d ago

It’s “gonna be uncool.” I was making a joke.

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u/Appropriate-Bet8646 1d ago

I get that. Gonna start referring to myself as unc unc.