agony aunt

== English == === Noun === agony aunt (plural agony aunts) (informal, British, Ireland) A writer of an advice column in a newspaper or other periodical. Synonyms: advice columnist, agony auntie, agony aunty Coordinate term: agony uncle (informal, British, Ireland) Someone commonly consulted for advice about personal problems. ==== Related terms ==== agony column ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Eric Partridge (2005), “agony aunt”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 15.