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Uncs vs Unco - What's the difference?

uncs | unco |

As a noun uncs

is plural of lang=en.

As an adjective unco is

strange, weird.

As an adverb unco is

very.

uncs

English

Noun

(head)
  • (colloquial) uncle (especially one's own uncle)
  • Hey, Uncs, how's it going?

    unco

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) unco, shortening of (uncouth).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Strange, weird.
  • *1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 18:
  • *:And the second quean was Hope and she was near as unco as Faith, but had right bonny hair, red hair, though maybe you'd call it auburn [...].
  • Adverb

    (-)
  • Very.
  • * 1920 , Tod Robbins, Who Wants a Green Bottle?'', 2007, ''Freaks And Fantasies , page 70,
  • ‘Ye should tear up this carpet, Robbie,’ Uncle Peter called back over his shoulder. ‘It's most unco wearisome when a body?s leg-weary.’
  • *1996 , (Alasdair Gray), ‘The Story of a Recluse’, Canongate 2012 (Every Short Story 1951-2012 ), p. 267:
  • *:Jamie has met only two kids of women: the mainly elderly and unco good who belong to his father's congregation, and those who drink in pubs and shebeens used by nearly penniless medical students.
  • Etymology 2

    From uncoordinated.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang, New Zealand, Australia) Uncoordinated.
  • * 2006 , , page 106,
  • ‘Aren?t he the most unco kid you ever come across?’ Norm refused to have Kevin on his boat even if he begged to be taken because he was too clumsy.
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