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The one person who thinks you're perfect and has the photo albums to prove it.
means An affectionate, informal word for grandmother.
from A simple shortening of 'grandmother' — part of a long tradition of clipping family words down to the sounds small children can manage first, alongside cousins like 'granny' and 'grandma.' English speakers have been informally trimming kinship terms this way for a very long time, and 'gran' settled in as the warm, everyday version heard especially in British and Irish households.
- etymology
- British shorthand for grandmother, cozier than formal versions
- biscuit tin
- statistically never contains biscuits, always sewing supplies
- superpower
- remembers your birthday, forgets she told that story already
- currency
- pays in sweets, advice, and mild guilt-tripping