AAVE

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AAVE

/ˈɑːveɪ
æv/
/ˈeɪ eɪ viː ˌiː/

proper noun

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of African-American Vernacular English What the heck is an unc game? It didn’t take me long to discover that “unc” (short for uncle) is the latest semi-disparaging gen Z name for anyone over about 30. Further back, it originated as AAVE slang. “Uncslop” refers to the implicitly terrible games beloved by this older generation of players;

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"AAVE." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/aave. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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AAVE. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/aave

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"AAVE." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/aave.

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@misc{aave_2026,
  title = {AAVE},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aave},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}