In message <vfidnctiDtloGr7PnZ2dnUVZ8sudnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>, CWatters <colin.watters@NOturnersoakSPAM.plus.com> writes: >On 01/09/2013 17:07, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: >> Like sibling for brother-or-sister (and of course parent for >> mother-or-father)? [] >Nearest I could find... > >http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pibling > >pibling > >a gender neutral term for aunt or uncle, based on the phrase "parent's >sibling." generally used collectively, as a term for aunts and uncles >together, similar to the word niblings for nieces and nephews together. > > I rather suggest someone is making that up; the "-ling" ending doesn't seem appropriate somehow. But thanks! (I've also seen "neplings" for nephews-and-nieces; it's in moderately common use in UMRA.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf The summit of Everest is marine limestone.