Duck Dynasty is set to return to our screens just days after the death of family patriarch Phil Robertson at the age of 79.

Fans won’t see the late reality star in any posthumous appearances in the new show, and the reasons may be myriad.

Or maybe you’ve heard it used in a movie where one character roughing up another insists that they “say ‘uncle’,” or admit defeat, before they’re set free. Yet another theory says that ...