A gender-neutral
alternative to words like aunt, uncle, and auntle. Entle differs from auntle in that auntle can be used to refer to a nonbinary person who exists somewhere on the male-female spectrum, while entle can be used to refer to a nonbinary person who exists outside of the male-female spectrum. Entle can also be used in a general sense when the gender of the person in question is unknown. Just like aunt, uncle, and auntle, entle is used to refer to the sibling of a person's parent, a spouse of a sibling of a person's parent, or to someone who takes on a role similar to that often filled by an aunt/uncle/auntle/entle even without the familial
relationship.
This term was originally coined by username "overexplainingautistic" on
social media.