guncle

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noun

A gay uncle.

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Meanings

nounguncle (plural guncles)

plural guncles

  1. slangA gay uncle.

    It could have been worse. Vince had been debating whether to have Buddy call her Guncle (Gay-Uncle) Lisa.

    2012, Mari SanGiovanni, Camptown Ladies, →ISBN, page 264
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    The major upside of all this, for me anyway, was that these Broadway guys became my guncles, or gay uncles, and had a strong hand in teaching me lots of adult lessons—particularly one guncle named Chris.

    2013, Melissa Joan Hart, Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life, →ISBN

    "If we killed him, the Dev would be the next king and your baby would be a prince. Power. I like it. He'll need his guncle to advise him.” Zack and I laughed, but Lee looked a bit lost. “Gay uncle,” Zack provided.

    2014, Lexi Blake, Steal the Sun, →ISBN

Origin

Blend of gay + uncle.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

clunge
Cite this entry
APA

guncle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guncle

MLA

“guncle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guncle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guncle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guncle.

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