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i didn't think a human being could be a 'nonce', or is this some new usage i don't know about?

• grokys 12y ago
  From wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonce_%28slang%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonce_%28slang%29 >> In the United Kingdom, nonce is a slang word for a sex offender or child sexual abuser.
  • mattmanser 12y ago
    Nonce means mild idiot in my social circles. I wasn't implying they were a social offender. I wasn't even aware of its implications. Learn something every day. I'd delete the comment but HN has got ridiculously militant about that now and I can't.
• DaveLond 12y ago
  In colloquial UK usage it means 'paedophile', and is generally considered offensive.
• pluma 12y ago
  Unless they're really making claims about the person's sexuality, I'd guess the intended word was dunce, or something similar?