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By analogy with earlier agony aunt, from still earlier agony column.
First known use, by meaning
- 1981 Synonym of advice columnist, particularly an actually or assumed male writer of such a column.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
agony uncle
Today it means: Synonym of advice columnist, particularly an actually or assumed male writer of such a column. Full definition →
First used 1981