agony uncle

agony uncle
The male equivalent of an agony aunt.

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  • agony uncle — agony ,uncle noun count BRITISH a man who writes an ADVICE COLUMN …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • agony uncle — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms agony uncle : singular agony uncle plural agony uncles British a man whose job is to give advice about personal problems in a newspaper or magazine by answering people s letters. The American word is advice… …   English dictionary

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  • agony aunt — (or agony uncle) ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ a person who answers letters in an agony column …   English terms dictionary

  • agony aunt — noun a newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in • Hypernyms: ↑newspaper columnist * * * noun Usage: chiefly Brit : a person who writes an advice column * * * agony aunt noun 1.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • agony aunt — (or agony uncle) noun Brit. informal a person who answers letters in an agony column …   English new terms dictionary

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  • Advice column — An advice column is a column at a magazine or newspaper written by an advice columnist (colloquially known as an agony aunt, or agony uncle if the columnist is a male). The image presented was originally of an older woman providing comforting… …   Wikipedia

  • Phillip Hodson — (born 1946) is a British psychotherapist, broadcaster and author who popularised ‘phone in’ therapy in his role as Britain s first agony uncle . His afternoon and evening counselling programmes ran on LBC Radio in London for nearly 20 years.… …   Wikipedia

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