Anonymous #2 12w

no that’s what white people turned it into when they got their paws on it 🤣

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Anonymous #3 12w

Nah

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Anonymous #3 12w

Never has anyone that said unc meant uncool I will not be convinced

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Anonymous #2 12w

not what I said. I said unc was never just a synonym for old it was a term of endearment, again, before white people bastardized it like they tend to do with aave.

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Anonymous #2 12w

This is the issue. You guys don’t listen when education. Listen 🧏🏾‍♀️

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Anonymous #3 12w

Thank you

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Anonymous mother_russia 12w

It someone you respect and admire who is a male elder. Derived from the familiarity of the word uncle. It never needed a definition because when it was used it was understood colloquially until it was mainstreamed as gen z slang that was misinterpreted from aave

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Anonymous OP 12w

That makes sense, so it IS derived from the word uncle!

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Anonymous mother_russia 12w

Not the main take away but yes!

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Anonymous OP 12w

Oh absolutely, sorry I didn’t mean to undercut the “it’s slang taken from aave and misconstrued once again” message

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