Unc

//ʌŋk// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of uncirculated. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Uniform Naming Convention, a syntax to describe the location of a network resource. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "\\BobsComputer\Shared\ColourLaser200 is the UNC path to Bob's printer."

  2. 2
    Initialism of University of North Carolina. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of United Nations Command. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of Unified Coarse (formerly an initialism of Unified National Coarse), a screw thread classification within the Unified Thread Standard. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of uncle. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
  2. 2
    A phenotype of Caenorhabditis elegans that moves in an uncoordinated manner.

    "The Bristol chromosome I was marked with mutations in two widely spaced genes, dpy-5 (e61 ) and unc-54 (el 90). A strain homozygous for these markers is dumpy and uncoordinated."

  3. 3
    An older male relative. Internet

    "Then Pangborn would find him and ask him what he thought he was doing here. He would ask if Ace had a job. He didn't, and he couldn't even claim he had come back to visit his unc, because Pop had been in his junkshop when the place burned down."

  4. 4
    An older male relative.; Any older man, especially middle-aged. Internet, broadly

    "Yo, TikTok, we need to raise money for Unc."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of uncle.

Etymology 2

Clipping of uncoordinated.

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