uncle

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Uncle (Latin avunculus "little grandfather," diminutive of avus "grandfather,") may refer to:

• A family relationship, either the brother of a parent or the husband of a sister of a parent. A woman with an equivalent relationship is an aunt, and the reciprocal relationship is that of a nephew or niece.

• A title of respect for elders (for example older cousins, neighbors, acquaintances, as well as total strangers), especially in Russia, Japan, Nigeria, Jamaica, India, Pakistan, Turkey, China, Maori culture and most Pacific Islands

• An honorific bestowed upon individuals of any gender. See fictive kinship.

Idiom

• Bob's your uncle, a Commonwealth expression roughly equivalent to "and there you have it"
• Dutch uncle, a person who delivers stern lectures
• (I'll be a) Monkey's uncle, an expression of surprise or disbelief
• Uncle Sam, a personification of the United States
• Uncle Tom, a pejorative term for a black person who is subservient
• Uncle Tom Cobley, a British folk saying meaning "etcetera"

People

• Blind Uncle Gaspard
• Uncle Charlie Osborne, a musician from the Appalachian Mountains
• Uncle Dave Macon, American musician
• Uncle Fester (author), the pen name of Steve Preisler
• Uncle Ho, a nickname for the Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh
• Uncle Joe, a nickname for the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin
• Uncle Kracker, American musician
• Uncle Miltie, a nickname for Milton Berle
• Royal Uncle Cao, a Chinese deity
• Uncle Patrick, NBA player Patrick Ewing

Books

• My Uncle Oswald, an adult novel written by Roald Dahl
• Uncle, a series of children's books by J. P. Martin
• Uncle Dynamite, a book by P. G. Wodehouse
• Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
• Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel about slavery by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, a memoir by Oliver Sacks
• Uncle Vanya, a play by Anton Chekhov
• Uncle Wiggily, a series of children's books

Fictional characters

• Uncle Albert, a character in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses
• Uncle Ben, a character in the Spider-Man comic book
• Uncle Creepy, a character in the Creepy horror-comics magazine
• Uncle Duke, a character in the comic strip Doonesbury
• Uncle Fester, a character in the sitcom The Addams Family
• Uncle Fred, a character in the short stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse
• Uncle Henry (Oz), a character in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
• Uncle Iroh from the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Uncle Jesse, one of several characters
• Uncle Leo, a character in the sitcom Seinfeld.
• Rich Uncle Pennybags, the mascot of the Monopoly game
• Uncle Remus, the fictional narrator of a collection of African American folktales
• Uncle Ruckus, self-hating African American white supremacist from the comic strip and animated televisions series The Boondocks
• Uncle Scrooge, the main character in the Scrooge McDuck comic books
• Uncle Chan from Jackie Chan Adventures

Media

• The Man from U.N.C.L.E., a television show
  • The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., a spinoff show
  • U.N.C.L.E., the agency in these shows
• The Uncle Floyd Show
• The Monkey's Uncle, a 1965 Disney film
• My Uncle Benjamin, a 1969 French film
• My American Uncle, a 1980 French film
• Uncle Buck, a 1989 comedy film
• Uncle Nino, a 2003 family film
• "Uncle Simon" (The Twilight Zone), episode

Music

• Kill Uncle, a 1991 album by Morrissey
• "Third Uncle" a 1974 song by Brian Eno
• Uncle Anesthesia an album by Screaming Trees
• Uncle Meat, a 1969 soundtrack by Frank Zappa
• "Uncle Fucka" a vulgar song from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• "Uncle Pat", a single by Ash
• Uncle Tupelo, American band
• Uncle John's Band, a song by American band Grateful Dead

Uncle, a song by Mindless Self Indulgence

Food products

• Uncle Ben's, a brand of packaged food products
• Uncle Joe's Mint Balls, a candy
• Uncle Arthur, Guinness stout, a reference to the founder, Arthur Guinness
• Uncle Toby's, Australian brand of cereals, fruit bars, etc.

Miscellaneous

• Bus Uncle name given to a widely publicized incident on a Hong Kong city bus

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