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.
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.
What does nonces mean here? Non native speaker here!
Nonce: child rapist.
Refering to Trump mostly, but our Prince Andrew is also a child molestor. He’s walking free and living a life of luxury few of us will achieve.
Seems to be an incomplete anwer, see the answer of @waz
So (can’t edit) pedo or worse/similar.
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.
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.
Thanks!
For me it was Number Used Once in cryptography 😁, or in french it’s some sort of arch bishop or something IIRC.
Huh!
Paedophiles.