uncle remus
n · noun
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
uhngkuhlreemuhsSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈʌŋkəlɹiməs
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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n
"Uncle Remus" is a song written by American musicians Frank Zappa and George Duke, and first released on Zappa's 1974 album Apostrophe.
The fictional title character and narrator of a collection of African American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris and published in book form in 1881.
The titular fictional narrator of a collection of stories by Joel Chandler Harris.
A champion Thoroughbred racehorse who won the New Zealand Derby and New Zealand 2000 Guineas in the 1977–78 season.
noun
The fictional storyteller of tales written in the Black Vernacular and set in the South; the tales were first collected and published in book form in 1880
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This meaning: "Uncle Remus" is a song written by American musicians Frank Zappa and George Duke, and first released on Zappa's 1974 album Apostrophe.
Used this way, uncle remus is a specialist word that can pull warm or cold depending on the sentence. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.
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- Direct, sometimes tactless
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- Clinical and detached
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- Technical/specialist writing
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