DEAR ABBY

1. An advice column associated to many American papers where readers can write  in about their deepest problems anonymously, but  usually singned in a ficticious and even humorous way.

* "I wrote to Dear Abby about my husbands affair, should I stay with him or leave him for good?" 

2. Someone you can confide secrets and problems to, and he or she will try to give you sensible answers and advice.

* " I called my friend Lucy on a Dear Abby to help figure out why my woman won´t put out anymore. Why´s she been so cold to me lately?"