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Unc
//ʌŋk// adj, name, noun, slang
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Abbreviation of uncirculated. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Proper Noun
- 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 Initialism of University of North Carolina. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 Initialism of United Nations Command. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 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 Clipping of uncle. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
- 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 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 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.
See also for "unc"
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