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agony aunt

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agony aunt
n
(Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) (sometimes capital) a person who writes the replies to readers' letters in an agony column (sense 1)
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Noun1.agony aunt - a newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in
newspaper columnist - a columnist who writes for newspapers


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A Singaporean Agony Aunt once famously admonished a wordy correspondent with the unforgettable rebuke 'I am becoming increasingly fed up with people who write letters using both sides of the paper'.
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