Is being called "Unc" or "Auntie" an honor or shade?

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Is it an honorable well earned title for elders in our community or is it a passive aggressive way younger people call someone flabby and sick?






Chris Brown has seemingly embraced his Unc status while Jim Jones longtime girlfriend and "Love and Hip-Hop" star Chrissy Lampkin has seemingly taken offense to being called Auntie by a younger woman.

 

[semicko82]

Both

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Shade. I only accept unc from my nieces and nephew

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Both

Chrissy and Chris both look better than alot of these nieces and nephews out here

 

[OVER]

Both. It can be used by a younger person as term of endearment and connection as well as mocking a person’s middle age status. I’m in my mid 30’s and don’t particularly mind I’m not peers with teenagers or 20 something adults. I only have an issue when it’s someone in my same age group trying to act like they are so much younger like we’re not both young old heads.

 

[jshani]

Both....it can be used as a form of respect or it can used to dismiss tf outta somebody

 

[audemarzz]

Hehe im a unc

 

[Neuromancer]

Shade is nice in the summertime. Anyone calls me UNC I'm honored because they're a lot of young punks that didn't live that long.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

If you make it to a respectable age someone calling you these names should not bother you
nikka I came from an era where every black male was supposed to be dead by 21
Came from an era where you was dodging human zombies like Leon S Kennedy just to get to school
nikkas shooting guns and you playing a game of what said gun could possibly being shot
For me to make it to 45 this year
I’m cool with it no matter the way it’s used
I made it to this age
I’ve been called a lot worse

 

[ba'al]

I think Oprah got mad at folks calling her auntie too.

I don't really care one way or another. I can see it being both.

I try my best to avoid mfers under 25. And it's not the kids it's the parents raising these nikkas.

 

[Diondon]

Chrissy old ass

 

[Givethanks]

No es importa

The yutes who care about that now are gonna be crushed when they reach unk/aunty status.

And we know how fast gen z is aging compared to us

 

[feelosofer]

Depends on the context but it never bothered me personally. Enjoying my Unc era.

 

[OneDeep]

I’ve been an Unc literally since I was 11/12 years old

 

[JNew]

The kids saying this will end up changing your oil .