2006-09-30 09:03:03 · 21 answers · asked by mrajfarmer 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Ah you genius I'm always wondering why there isn't one!
Your nan and grandad are your grandparents, you mum and dad are your parents, your brothers and sisters are your siblings, your auntie's sons and daughters are your cousins, so why oh whyyyyyy is there not a collective word for nieces and nephews???
Glad someone else thinks like me.
It's like if you're from England, you're English, if from Holland you're Dutch, if you're from Australian you're Australian, Russia, you're Russian, from New Zealand you're....? You can't fill it without putting an "a" in front. You're a New Zealander. But you're not New Zealandish, or something the quivalent of Dutch... there are some missing words in the English Language!
2006-10-01 23:55:56 · answer #1 · answered by old_but_still_a_child 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Niblings?
Not really. There isn't one, though it would be very useful. In fact nephew used to be used regardless of sex, but this usage is long extinct. Older use of the word cousin for a range of blood relations would have encompassed nephews and nieces, but no specific term is now available.
2006-09-30 09:06:01 · answer #2 · answered by kpbunches 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As the English language is always evolving, new words are being added every day. Therefore why don't you invent a suitable word and adopt it. Suggestions, Nephses, niecephews, siblingsissue,
ourkidslot, I'm sure you can come up with much better ones.
2006-10-04 08:37:51 · answer #3 · answered by charlietooo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nieces and nephews
2006-09-30 09:11:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I usually call them neeps. I have 3 neeps- 1 nephew and 2 neices
2006-09-30 09:10:31 · answer #5 · answered by chunniemonster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nieces and nephews seems to describe it best.
2006-09-30 09:44:51 · answer #6 · answered by beez 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Niephews
2006-09-30 12:01:03 · answer #7 · answered by Ox Cimarron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Siblings children.
2006-09-30 09:07:02 · answer #8 · answered by lollipop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Numpties. Pests. Bloody Relatives. Sh*itarse Kids. The list is endless.......
2006-09-30 09:10:50 · answer #9 · answered by Phish 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
miley cyrus and the jonas brothers are not precisely musical geniuses, yet i might quite my little sister be keen on them, than lots of the different artists available. particular, all of them look too squeaky-clean for their own stable, yet little childrens are oblivious, and wander away in harmless disney magic. they are actually not place-fashions in my eyes, yet they're stable adequate for my sister! =]
2016-10-18 06:33:39 · answer #10 · answered by reatherford 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋