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The word "nonce"...

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  • 22-11-2017 7:22pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    ...is it making a comeback? I kinda vaguely remember seeing it in the 90s and chalked it down as a word for English Sun readers to describe, not necessarily paedophiles, but anyone they didn't like.

    I'm seeing it used repeatedly in a few threads here. Is it another one of the recent imports passing into common use on this island?


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    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    It's a fookin annoying cvnt of a word either way


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    amcalester
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭amcalester


    Sound like a load of nonce-sense to me.


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    #4
    [Deleted User]
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    Big Nasty wrote: »
    It's a fookin annoying cvnt of a word either way

    Oh I agree. It's just so...English. It's like Irish fellows referring to "minge" or "twats"...it's just...nooooooo.


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    Jim Bob Scratcher
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    Only limeys use that word


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    super_furry
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    English wannabe football hooligans who spent far too much time watching The Football Factory love it.


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    Beechwoodspark
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    super_furry wrote: »
    English wannabe football hooligans who spent far too much time watching The Football Factory love it.

    Do they fackin love it?


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    frankythefish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 339 ✭✭frankythefish


    Noticed this. Max on eastenders used this term few weeks back. He was talking a out his time in prison for killing young girl. I wasn't really familiar with term before. Hear it a lot now. Usually referring to paedophiles


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    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    nonce
    Used by prison staff, to explain the segregation of inmates who were convicted of sex crimes towards children and the other inmates

    Not
    On
    Normal
    Communal
    Excercise

    NONCE
    Prisoner W23899 is a nonce.


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    frag420
    Registered Users Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭frag420


    Only an amadán would say nonce...


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    Dr Crayfish
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    I think it's funny for some reason, not that I would ever have to use it very often. Sure we use tonnes of Englishisms as is. M


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    Jim Bob Scratcher
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    frankythefish wrote: »
    Noticed this. Max on eastenders used this term few weeks back. He was talking a out his time in prison for killing young girl. I wasn't really familiar with term before. Hear it a lot now. Usually referring to paedophiles

    Is he still chasing the young wans the auld dirtbird ?:pac:


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    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    Nonce Sense!



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    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »
    Is he still chasing the young wans the auld dirtbird ?:pac:

    Last time I saw EastEnders, old Max was throwing it into Bonnie Langford.


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    Ralf and Florian
    Site Banned Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭Ralf and Florian


    Deleted User wrote: »
    ...is it making a comeback? I kinda vaguely remember seeing it in the 90s and chalked it down as a word for English Sun readers to describe, not necessarily paedophiles, but anyone they didn't like.

    I'm seeing it used repeatedly in a few threads here. Is it another one of the recent imports passing into common use on this island?

    I think I first became aware of it through the film Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, when Vinnie Jones young son calls someone it. Funnily before I saw Snatch I had never heard the expression Pikey, then afterwards it became a common expression here too.


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    J Mysterio
    Registered Users Posts: 11,035 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    I thought this meant either:

    1. Head e.g. 'he threw the lighter at him, but it bounced of his nonce'.

    2. Idiot. 'You've got that wrong, you nonce'.


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    minikin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭minikin


    J Mysterio wrote: »
    I thought this meant either:

    1. Head e.g. 'he threw the lighter at him, but it bounced of his nonce'.

    2. Idiot. 'You've got that wrong, you nonce'.

    1. bonce, from the latin 'bonce' meaning 'bonce'.


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    mariaalice
    Registered Users Posts: 12,398 ✭✭✭✭mariaalice


    Is there an Irish colloquial expression for a paedophile.


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    #19
    TresGats
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭TresGats


    Priest?


    ...i'll get my coat.


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    Oafley Jones
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    Always hear it in the voice of DCI Frank Burnside.

    burnside21.jpg

    NONCE


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    Ralf and Florian
    Site Banned Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭Ralf and Florian


    mariaalice wrote: »
    Is there an Irish colloquial expression for a paedophile.

    Priest.


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    tinner777
    Registered Users Posts: 1,543 ✭✭✭tinner777


    Phoenix nights (Peter Kay)

    I'm getting the word nonce


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    lazybones32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭lazybones32


    The West Brits use words that aren't in common usage in the rest of the Country, so i'll continue not caring/not using it.


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    Zebra3
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    minikin wrote: »
    1. bonce, from the latin 'bonce' meaning 'bonce'.

    Great insight! :pac:


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    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,378 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »
    nonce
    Used by prison staff, to explain the segregation of inmates who were convicted of sex crimes towards children and the other inmates

    Not
    On
    Normal
    Communal
    Excercise

    NONCE
    Prisoner W23899 is a nonce.


    That seems to a backronym. The true origins of the word are unknown.


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    SEPT 23 1989
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    lazybones32 wrote: »
    The West Brits use words that aren't in common usage in the rest of the Country, so i'll continue not caring/not using it.

    What language are you typing?


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    Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »
    That seems to a backronym. The true origins of the word are unknown.

    I've seen it linked to homosexuality, related to "nancy boy". But as you say, that seems to be guesswork too.


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    RhubarbCrumble
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    mariaalice wrote: »
    Is there an Irish colloquial expression for a paedophile.

    I've heard 'kiddy fiddler' a few times and I absolutely hate it. It just sounds so degrading towards the victim.


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    mariaalice
    Registered Users Posts: 12,398 ✭✭✭✭mariaalice


    RhubarbCrumble wrote: »
    I've heard 'kiddy fiddler' a few times and I absolutely hate it. It just sounds so degrading towards the victim.

    What about calling them paedophiles.


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    _Dara_
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    ...is it making a comeback? I kinda vaguely remember seeing it in the 90s and chalked it down as a word for English Sun readers to describe, not necessarily paedophiles, but anyone they didn't like.

    I'm seeing it used repeatedly in a few threads here. Is it another one of the recent imports passing into common use on this island?


    It's certainly more of an UK word. I actually think a lot of Irish people wouldn't really know what it means.


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Have only ever heard it being used to describe paedophiles.

    I couldn't see it being used over there as a common insult such as twat or berk.


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