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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Nonce #170002 09/14/2007 9:35 AM Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 Tony Dixon stranger Tony Dixon stranger Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 You may be interested to know that 'nonce' is a very common and contemporary word used among the criminal classes of the UK to describe a sexual deviant e.g. paedophiles etc., especially in prison parlance. This would give a rather different slant on your quote "I pursed my lips and set aside my thirst for the nonce. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Nonce Tony Dixon #170205 09/26/2007 2:08 PM Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 13 New England Darmatage stranger Darmatage stranger Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 13 New England Wow. Just wow. Now I am envisioning the culture of underworld UK as entirely Shakespeare-driven. Bragging blackhearts toasting comely wenches, eating apricocks and waxing bear-a-brain. It's a dream come true... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Nonce Darmatage #170224 09/26/2007 11:47 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Any idea how that meaning of nonce came about? Er, setting aside the theory that "the Complete Works of Shakespeare" is suddenly the most popular book in the prison library. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Nonce Zed #170228 09/27/2007 10:08 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I'm wondering if the word is really "nance" but pronounced as some might spell "nonce". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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