agony uncle
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agony uncle — noun • • • Main Entry: ↑agony * * * agony uncle UK US noun [countable] [singular agony uncle plural agony uncles] british … Useful english dictionary
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
John Byrne (Showbusiness Agony Uncle) — John Byrne is a writer, performer and broadcaster in his own right, as well as being agony uncle and career advisor to The Stage newspaper and BBC London 94.9radio’s Late Night Dilemmas with Valley Fontaine. His private coaching clients range… … Wikipedia
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
List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English … Wikipedia
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
