Do you have Niblings?

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But Merriam-Webster is so excited about it, r1!

[quote]Poke around a bit on the Internet and you will find that it is popping up all over, and being embraced with pleasure. The future of nibling at this point looks pretty bright.

If you find "nibling" confusing or inadequate, there's a whole slew of other words and phrases you can use! Here's a few options:

"When it comes to referring to a mixed group of aunts and uncles (like we can do with parents or siblings when referring to those relatives), the language is far from settled. That said, one term that has become increasingly popular is pibling. Pibling can refer to either an aunt or an uncle and is modeled on sibling, blended with the P from parent. For example:

My piblings Alex, Jo, and Alice took me to the baseball game last week.

Pibling can also be used as a gender-neutral or nonbinary term to refer to the sibling of a parent regardless of their gender identity. There are also other gender-neutral or nonbinary terms for aunt and uncle that some people use or have proposed, including:

titi: modeled on terms for aunt and uncle in Spanish (tía and tío)

zizi: modeled on terms for aunt and uncle in Italian (zia and zio)

bibi: modeled on titi and zizi, with the B from nonbinary (which is often abbreviated as nb)

nini: similarly modeled on titi and zizi, with the N from nonbinary

Other proposed nonbinary or gender-inclusive terms for niece and nephew include:

niephling: a combination of niece, nephew, and sibling

neiph/nephiece/niephew: combinations of niece and nephew

chibling: a combination of child and sibling

sibkid: a shortening of sibling’s kid

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For the labels-obsessed generation Zers, there's this massive list with even MORE words you can use. Personalize everything to make it reflect your unique, totally original self! If people don't understand what you mean, remember it's not YOUR job to educate THEM.

I like it. I like saying it. Its cute, like playfully nibbling your niece or nephew ear. I'm sold. But I'll only use it on the niblings i like. The others will remain spawn.

Niblings sounds like some vile, dime store, Twinkie esque concoction that Data Loungers are outraged they can no longer find in supermarkets.

I'm rather fond of Fucklings, as an alternate word to describe those who can't grasp the concept that there are only two genders.

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R7 mm, when you put it that way, it sounds delicious!

To me it sounds like corn 🌽

I agree with R4...it's still fucking bullshit!! Seriously, u Gen Zer's people are going to be the ruin of Western Civilization When the war starts, I'm shooting at "you people first"

I can’t stand the word “nibling,” which was kicking around the Internet long before the current battles over trans people (and unlike what seems like most DL poster, I support trans people, so it’s not about that). The word just has a very geeky sound to my ear.

Deadlings has a nice ring to it!

Niblings?! When did I eat niblings??

[quote] Do you have Niblings?

No, I have 2 nieces and 2 nephews. Beauties all. I spoil them and send them home. Works perfectly.

R16 are any of them gender fluid? 🤔

No, but I have Nibelungen!

"Niblings" sounds like something that Gimili and Legolas would fight before they flip-fuck in a porn parody of Lord of the Rings.

Not surfe about "nibling," but we definitely need a general term so we don't have to keep saying "niece and/or nephew."

Don't feed the niblings after midnight!

Shall we ask Nephew Joel what he thinks?

Nah, let him be surprised.

I say "my sister's kids" if I don't want to break them down by gender. It works regardless of how they identify, although I suppose one could become the type of smartass who announces at 7-years-old that they don't identify as a child.

R8 = Paul Lynde

I just say, "My sister's kid."

I have a niece, and I would rather see her torn apart by wild dingos than call her my "nibling."

Way too cutesy-schmoopie-woo-woo.

I feel like the whole world needs a punch in the throat.

I have more than one sibling thus it takes longer for me to say "my brothers' and sister's kids." We need a genderless term like "siblings" and "parents" and "cousins."

When another of my siblings reproduces I'll change it to "my siblings' kids." It only has to be as complicated as we make it.

I disavow them all and shall call them nothing ever.

Nibling sounds like corn. And I know corn.

Nibble, nibble, nibbling!

"Not sure about 'nibling,' but we definitely need a general term so we don't have to keep saying 'niece and/or nephew'."

I know, right? So EXHAUSTING!