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nephling 

The gender-neutral term for a niece or nephew (by analogy with sibling).

Nephlings are the delightful creatures you can adore and play with and who look up to you, but whose diapers you don't have to change and whose tantrums are not your problem. The warm feeling you get from seeing your nephlings is unconscious gratification that your genes are being passed on (indirectly) to the next generation, without any effort of your own.
How many nephlings do you have? How many of those are nieces? Anyway, my nephlings are cuter than yours.
nephling by Acheté July 12, 2007
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nephlings 

The plural word for the offspring of your siblings.

Nieces and nephews
I went home for christmas and got to see my nephlings.

Is your brother's son the first of your nephlings?
nephlings by phillim9 November 11, 2011

nephling 

A failed attempt at creating a gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews. It fails because it is based on the word nephew. If I hear you say this word I will throat punch you.
John: Hey Joe. Have you seen this picture of my nephlings?
Joe: *throat punches John*
John: *dies because he was stupid*
nephling by funnyfornicatingfeces September 4, 2012

niephling 

niece or nephew; patterned after sibling ("sister or brother")
All of my niephlings attended my mother's -- their grandmother's -- funeral.
niephling by inVinceble88 April 13, 2022

niephling 

niece or nephew; patterned after sibling (sister or brother)
All of my niephlings attended their grandmother's -- my mother's -- funeral.
niephling by inVinceble88 April 13, 2022
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
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