Wayne Throop <throopw@sheol.org> wrote:
> [1] is there a single terse phrase for that, or for "aunt or uncle".
> "siblings' progeny" or "parent's siblings" don't seem... woody.

I like Aaron's "niblings" for the first. How about "siblets" for
the second? As for "parent's siblings"..........nope, I'm not
finding anything satisfying that is less than four syllables long.
Auntles? Oversibs? Ubersibs? Bleah.

Tony

Anthony Nance <nance@math.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
> Wayne Throop <throopw@sheol.org> wrote:
>> [1] is there a single terse phrase for that, or for "aunt or uncle".
>> "siblings' progeny" or "parent's siblings" don't seem... woody.
>
> I like Aaron's "niblings" for the first. How about "siblets" for
> the second? As for "parent's siblings"..........nope, I'm not
> finding anything satisfying that is less than four syllables long.
> Auntles? Oversibs? Ubersibs? Bleah.

Of course, now that the caffeine has meandered its way above my neck,
I see that I've pretty much confused everything I possibly could have.

YESSSSSS!!
Tony