447: avuncular and materteral Feb 28, 2016

What happens when there is an idea, but no word to support it?–Make up a new one. If someone is acting like an uncle, one might say that he is 'avuncular'. If someone is acting aunt-like, it would be difficult to describe, so 'materteral' was invented.

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