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[–] waz@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It originated from prisoners who have done something despicable, so that they would be at risk from the rest of the prison population: Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise. NONCE.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 8 points 1 week ago

Almost none of these abbreviation based etymologies are true - they're made up years later, normally as a joke, and somehow you end up with people spreading them about as facts.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Thanks!

For me it was Number Used Once in cryptography 😁, or in french it's some sort of arch bishop or something IIRC.