Timothée Chalamet celebrated his 30th birthday by embracing his unc status – and Sabrina Carpenter has used the word to describe her record producer. Why is it suddenly everywhere?
Name: Unc.
Age: Younger than you might think.
I have a lovely uncle – best to avoid talking to him about Brexit, but he’s always good for a tenner at Christmas. We’re not talking blood ties – these are figurative uncs. People with “unc status”.
Oh no, this is some new slang I need to learn, isn’t it? I’m still struggling with six-seven. Maybe join the other uncs and Google it? According to the language-learning platform Preply, “the word ‘unc’ now pulls in 5.9 million monthly searches” and searches for “unc meaning” are up 74%.
