the plural of 'nieces and nephews'

[Peter Richardson]

Niblings is a perfect word and needs to be promoted, especially by those
of us whose nieces and nephews tend to visit us--especially when we have
snacks available. Nibblings for the niblings.

PR

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Wendalyn Nichols wrote:

> Grant Barrett's posting about the recent barrage of mail reminded me that
> I'd been meaning to share a coinage by a friend of mine. She calls her
> nieces and nephews "niblings," which I think is so delightful that I've
> adopted the term, having nine such critters myself.