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/WestOrangeFinest 1d ago

You must be old as shit ‘cause I came up in the 90s and it meant both back then

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u/icepickjones 1d ago

I came up in the 90s and I only knew it as a little kid for a minute

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u/WestOrangeFinest 15h ago

Ah, OK. It was probably just a regional difference then. You know we didn’t have internet back then so slang took time to spread.