"nephling" meaning in English

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        "2": "nephew",
        "3": "sibling"
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      "expansion": "Blend of nephew + sibling",
      "name": "blend"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of nephew + sibling.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nephlings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "expansion": "nephling (plural nephlings)",
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "neph‧ling"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1843, Nathaniel Parker Willis, The Miscellaneous Works of N.P. Willis",
          "text": "My dear neph-ling: I congratulate you on the attainment of your degree as “Master of Arts.” […] Your affectionate uncle, Cinna Beverley.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[1992, The Bible Translator, volume 43, United Bible Societies",
          "text": "One of my correspondents uses the idiolect form \"nephlings\" to refer collectively to her niece and nephew, but points out that even this derives from the masculine form.]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, “Charlotte L. Blackmer” (username), ““Birthdays”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet)",
          "text": "June 19 is six days before mine. And 4 days after the nephling’s.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, “Brian Mailman” (username), “When do Kids Talk?”, in misc.kids.moderated (Usenet)",
          "text": "The nephling, now 4-1/2 is a second child also, and didn't speak more than a word or two until he was close to 3-1/2.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, “Austin Shackles” (username), “Re: Whoo Hoo!”, in free.beer.tomorrow (Usenet)",
          "text": "Tell us about the new nephling. […] She’s cute.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[2011, Mary Anderson, Jane Goodman, Nancy K. Schlossberg, Counseling Adults in Transition, Fourth Edition: Linking Schlossberg’s Theory With Practice in a Diverse World",
          "text": "A bachelor of our acquaintance describes his brother's children as his “nephlings.” This term is not only gender neutral, unlike niece or nephew, but implies a closer relationship with its connection to the word sibling.]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A nibling."
      ],
      "id": "en-nephling-en-noun-AbTiMuiv",
      "links": [
        [
          "nibling",
          "nibling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A nibling."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɛflɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "nĕfʹlĭng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nephling"
}

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "nephew",
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      },
      "expansion": "Blend of nephew + sibling",
      "name": "blend"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of nephew + sibling.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nephlings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nephling (plural nephlings)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "neph‧ling"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English blends",
        "English countable nouns",
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        "en:Family members"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1843, Nathaniel Parker Willis, The Miscellaneous Works of N.P. Willis",
          "text": "My dear neph-ling: I congratulate you on the attainment of your degree as “Master of Arts.” […] Your affectionate uncle, Cinna Beverley.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[1992, The Bible Translator, volume 43, United Bible Societies",
          "text": "One of my correspondents uses the idiolect form \"nephlings\" to refer collectively to her niece and nephew, but points out that even this derives from the masculine form.]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, “Charlotte L. Blackmer” (username), ““Birthdays”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet)",
          "text": "June 19 is six days before mine. And 4 days after the nephling’s.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, “Brian Mailman” (username), “When do Kids Talk?”, in misc.kids.moderated (Usenet)",
          "text": "The nephling, now 4-1/2 is a second child also, and didn't speak more than a word or two until he was close to 3-1/2.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, “Austin Shackles” (username), “Re: Whoo Hoo!”, in free.beer.tomorrow (Usenet)",
          "text": "Tell us about the new nephling. […] She’s cute.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[2011, Mary Anderson, Jane Goodman, Nancy K. Schlossberg, Counseling Adults in Transition, Fourth Edition: Linking Schlossberg’s Theory With Practice in a Diverse World",
          "text": "A bachelor of our acquaintance describes his brother's children as his “nephlings.” This term is not only gender neutral, unlike niece or nephew, but implies a closer relationship with its connection to the word sibling.]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A nibling."
      ],
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        "(rare) A nibling."
      ],
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        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɛflɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "nĕfʹlĭng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nephling"
}