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KatzbalgerTief. • 9 yr. ago. The consensus seems to be that making your opponent call 'Uncle' was evokative of forcing him to call out for an authority figure for help, embossing his weakness, or from a Roman tradition where one's uncle was in the same social stratum of one's father, establishing a mocking level of personal power.
Say 'uncle'!" is a chiefly North American expression demanding that the opponent in a contest submit. The response "Uncle!" is equivalent to "I give up!" or similar sentiment, and indicates submission.
There are two theories as to the origin of the term; one relates to the Roman Empire when a bullied child would be forced to say "Patrue, mi Patruissimo," or, "Uncle, my best Uncle," in order to surrender; alternatively the expression may have originated in a 19th-century English joke about a bullied parrot. 16. Reply. Snoron • 7 yr. ago.
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- Elvis Costello & The Attractions - "Man Called Uncle" "I'm so affected by the effects of your affection" the rock wordsmith snarls on this Get Happy tune.
- John Wesley Harding - "Uncle Dad" While the title might appear odd, it makes sense when you realize that Wes Tace has written it about a divorced father with contact every other weekend.
- Uncle John’s Band – Grateful Dead. The narrator here asks listeners to come to listen to Uncle John’s Band with him. It’s not clear who Uncle John is; he may be an imaginary figure.
- Uncle Remus – Frank Zappa. This track’s uncle character was based on Joel Chandler Harris’s writings. The song explores Frank Zappa’s somewhat gentle criticism of ongoing racism and the lack of civil rights advancements in the 1970s, which he believed were sacrificed for the sake of fashion.
- Uncle Salty – Aerosmith. This fictional tale of child abuse shows perspectives from all sides, with an orphanage and the “Uncle Salty” working there at the center of the story.
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Nov 28, 1998 · There has been a lot of speculation about this idiom. I am now able, as a result of help from several sources, to provide a clear pointer to where it comes from. This call by one child for another to submit or cry for mercy — which appears variously as say uncle!, cry uncle! or holler uncle! — is first recorded in print in the US early in ...
