AUNT SALLY

PRONUNCIATION: (ant SAL-ee)

MEANING: noun:
1. An object of criticism.
2. Someone or something set up as an easy target for criticism in order to deflect it from others.

ETYMOLOGY: From aunt, from Old French ante, from Latin amita (father’s sister), diminutive of amma (mother) + Sally, a form of the name Sarah. Earliest documented use: 1858.
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TAUNT SALLY - we do tease her a lot

PUNT SALLY - sudden attack via a flat-bottomed riverboat

AUNT SALTY - Mom's sister can swear like a sailor!