An agony aunt is the columnist who answers readers' personal problems. Write to an agony aunt, the agony aunt column, an agony aunt's advice.
It is British; America says advice columnist. The name comes from the agony column, an old term for the personal notices, and from the informal use of aunt for any older woman giving counsel.
1nounagony auntThe columnist who answers readers' personal problems.
“If you're too embarrassed to ask your friends, you could write to an agony aunt.”
agony aunt is a columnist.
From agony column, an old British term for the personal notices, plus the informal use of aunt for an older woman.
From the much earlier British term agony column, initially used for personal columns and then for advice columns, and the informal use of aunt for any older female fictive kin.
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