(Britain, Ireland) : my sainted aunt, my sainted uncle.
(Britain, Ireland) : my sainted aunt, my sainted uncle.
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(UK) An expression of surprise or alarm.
(UK) An expression of surprise or alarm.
My sainted uncle is a British exclamation of surprise, alarm, or exasperated disbelief — a minced oath that softens the shock without invoking stronger language. It belongs to the tradition of comic British exclamations that substitute safely absurd imagery for actual profanity. The register is mildly theatrical and somewhat dated; it's the kind of thing a character in a P.G. Wodehouse novel might say. Today it can be used sincerely by older speakers or ironically by younger ones.
(LGBT, slang, USA) An elderly gay man.
A British exclamation of surprise, alarm, or mild disbelief — a polite, slightly old-fashioned alternative to stronger oaths. 'My sainted aunt!' fills the same emotional slot as 'Good heavens!' or 'Blimey!', letting you express genuine shock without any actual profanity. It has a charming, faintly theatrical quality that makes it sound like something your grandmother might have said upon discovering the cat in the biscuit tin — and that's precisely its appeal.