agony aunt

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   a newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in

   Broadernewspaper columnist

Questions about agony aunt

What does agony aunt mean?

agony aunt means "a newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in".

Is agony aunt a common word?

agony aunt is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.