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Aunt Edna
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English
Etymology
Coined by British dramatist Terence Rattigan.
Noun
Aunt Edna
A middle-class playgoer with conventional tastes.
en 2014 John Elsom Post-War British Theatre 75 Class may have been a barrier to widespread appreciation of the theatre, particularly in the West End, but Look Back in Anger was scarcely the chief battering ram against it. Jimmy is snobbish in his tastes, more of an Aunt Edna than Alison.