How can I define the meaning of nephew?
What makes a parent who has children so handy? I think that it’s nice to say nieces instead of sibling’s daughters. Is there a similar term applied to nieces and nephews with their siblings? I imagine I could say sibling’s kids. I was hoping for a single word. I
have not been able to find a solution.
Why doesn’t wikipedia ask for question on a single word? I’d suggest “siblings’ children”
If there is no official word for niece and nephew, then what other variants exist for them?
You will find “nibling”, by analogy with sibling. (But it’s mentioned only in “New Words and Slang ” section of Merriam-Webster, or in sites like Urbandictionary.) In this
Yahoo answers thread, KISS = Keep It Simple, Stupid's answer also mentions: that there is no
- encompassing word for aunt/uncle either that there is no
- male/female form of cousin.
If there is no word for it, don’t you suspect there isn’t word for nephews and nieces? I find this unnecessary. The word sibling is from Old English, and means related by blood?
I suggest taking the parental ‘p’ to replace the’s’, so aunts and uncles are ‘piblings’. Keeping up with the pattern, nephews and nieces become ‘nibling’, a nice word that describes what they do with their piblings’ bank balances at Christmas and birthdays.
The christmas gift that keeps on giving is used recently in this blog post, but you can also find it in an episode of the 1980 adventure series “The Moomins”
