Meaning of agony aunt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A writer of an advice column in a newspaper or other periodical.
   British, Ireland, informal
2. Someone commonly consulted for advice about personal problems.
   British, Ireland, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“You should write⟳ in to the agony aunt; she'll sort⟳ it out for you.”

“Pandora has just left my bedroom. I am just about devastated with frustration. I can't go on like⟳ this. I have⟳ written to Aunt Clara, the Agony Aunt.”

“The big difference between agony aunts then and today is that now we have⟳ the internet to answer⟳ those tricky problems about how to eat⟳ an avocado pear (a lot of letters in the 70s were avocado-related)[…]”

“I'm sick of everyone coming to me with their problems—I never wanted to be an agony aunt!”

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