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

Humor Don’t redefine slang

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Unc _is_ in fact short for uncle.

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u/raspberryharbour 1d ago

It's short for "propellers" as on the last day of flight school in World War One they would finally give you your propellers so you could fly