Uncle
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'''Uncle''' may refer to:
* A family relationship, either the brother of a parent or the husband of a sister of a parent. A woman with an equivalent relationship is an [[aunt]], and the reciprocal relationship is that of a [[nephew]] or [[niece]]. See [[Cousin]].
* A [[title of respect]] for elders (for example neighbours, acquaintances, as well as total strangers), especially in Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Turkey, China, Maori culture and most Pacific Islands
* An [[honorific]] bestowed upon individuals of any gender. See [[fictive kinship]].
* A cry of surrender or [[safeword]]
An '''idiom''':
* [[Dutch uncle]], a person who delivers stern lectures
* [[Uncle Sam]], a personification of the United States
* [[Uncle Tom]], a pejorative term for a black person who plays up to racial stereotypes
* [[Uncle Tom Cobley]], a British folk saying meaning "etcetera"
* [[Bob's Your Uncle|Bob's your uncle]], a Commonwealth expression roughly equivalent to "and there you have it"
A '''person''':
* [[Blind Uncle Gaspard]]
* [[Uncle Charlie Osborne]], a musician from the Appalachian Mountains
* [[Uncle Dave Macon]], American musician
* [[Uncle Fester (author)]], the penname of Steve Preisler
* Uncle Ho, a nickname for the Vietnamese leader [[Ho Chi Minh]]
* Uncle Joe, a nickname for the Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]]
* [[Uncle Kracker]], American musician
* Uncle Miltie, a nickname for [[Milton Berle]]
* [[Royal Uncle Cao]], a Chinese deity
* [[Uncle Tupelo]], American music
* Uncle Patrick, NBA Hall of Famer [[Patrick Ewing]]
A '''book''':
* ''[[My Uncle Oswald]]'', an adult novel written by Roald Dahl
* ''[[J. P. Martin|Uncle]]'', a series of children's books
* ''[[Uncle Dynamite]]'', a book by P. G. Wodehouse
* ''[[Uncle John's Bathroom Reader]]''
* ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'', a novel about slavery by Harriet Beecher Stowe
* ''[[Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood]]'', a memoir by Oliver Sacks
* ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', a play by Anton Chekhov
* ''[[Uncle Wiggily]]'', a series of children's books
A '''fictional character''':
* [[Uncle Albert]], a character in the sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses''
* [[Uncle Ben]], a character in the ''Spider-Man'' comic book
* [[Uncle Creepy]], a character in the ''Creepy'' horror-comics magazine
* [[Uncle Duke]], a character in the comic strip ''Doonesbury''
* [[Uncle Fester]], a character in the sitcom ''The Addams Family''
* [[Uncle Fred]], a character in the short stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse
* [[Uncle Henry (Oz)]], a character in the book ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''
* [[Iroh|Uncle Iroh]] from the animated television series ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''
* [[Uncle Jesse]], one of several characters
* [[Rich Uncle Pennybags]], the mascot of the Monopoly game
* [[Uncle Remus]], the fictional narrator of a collection of African American folktales
* [[Uncle Ruckus]], self-hating African American white supremacist from the comic strip and animated televisions series ''The Boondocks''
* [[Uncle Scrooge]], the main character in the ''Scrooge McDuck'' comic books
* Uncle Chan from [[Jackie Chan Adventures]]
A '''film''' or '''television show''':
* ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'', a television show
** ''[[The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.]]'', a spinoff show
** [[U.N.C.L.E.]], the agency in these shows
* ''[[Floyd Vivino|The Uncle Floyd Show]]''
* ''[[The Monkey's Uncle]]'', a 1965 Disney film
* ''[[My Uncle Benjamin]]'', a 1969 French film
* ''[[My American Uncle]]'', a 1980 French film
* ''[[Uncle Buck]]'', a 1989 comedy film
* ''[[Uncle Nino]]'', a 2003 family film
* [[Uncle Simon (The Twilight Zone)|"Uncle Simon" (''The Twilight Zone'')]], episode
A '''piece of music''':
* ''[[Kill Uncle]]'', a 1991 album by Morrissey
* "Third Uncle" a 1974 song by [[Brian Eno]]
* ''[[Uncle Anesthesia]]'' an album by Screaming Trees|the Screaming Trees
* ''[[Uncle Meat]]'', a 1969 soundtrack by Frank Zappa
* "[[Uncle Fucka]]" a vulgar song from ''South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut''
* "[[Uncle Pat]]", a single by Ash
A '''food product''':
* [[Uncle Ben's]], a brand of packaged food products
* [[Uncle Joe's Mint Balls]], a candy
* [[Uncle Arthur]], Guinness stout, a reference to the founder, Arthur Guinness
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