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Pedo, nonce, those are words used in the UK, child predator is more American imho. (Although it's well understood here)
What? Is that what nonce means? From context I thought it was just like "dumbass" or something!
Lol no, don't use it like that! In the UK, calling someone a "nonce" is calling them a child molester.
Yes but to be fair we also call each other child molesters somewhat casually
No we don't. Don't be a complete nonce.
Yeah, you're right - I almost added a bit about how friends will say* that to each other. It certainly wouldn't be something you'd want to mutter to someone you thought was being daft if you didn't know them.
It's similar to other words commonly used. The root of the meaning is mostly lost and only the usage of it remains. Bastard, sod are two that come to mind.
Not On Normal Communal Experience
It's prison slang
That's absolutely a backronym
I don't think there's a K in bacronym because it's short for barely a causal relationship of numerous yucky morphemes
bravo!
Mebbies?
I used to think 'twocced' was slag for stolen but it's from Taken Without Owners Consent which is definitely a police term
yeah twoc/twocced/twoccing is a legit acronym. I realised that the supposed acronym for nonce is "Not on Normal Communal Exercise" rather than "Experience" which makes more sense in the prison context. It can be hard to be sure of word's origin, but in these cases:
Around here the word "goof" has started to mean that in prison slang, and so it's been kinda weird seeing two rough guys yelling at each other with full seriousness "you're a fuckin goof! ", "I'm not the goof, you're the fuckin goof!"
They should just kiss and make up.
Nonce apparently comes from nonsense…
“What are you in (prison) for?”
“Ach, man. A bit of nonsense.”
Yeah, but it’d be weird if someone actually said it.