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FWIW, I've lived in the UK my whole life and I had no idea that had any meaning apart from the crypto one.
by philh 10y ago
FWIW, I've lived in the UK my whole life and I had no idea that had any meaning apart from the crypto one.
- richmarr 10y agoI think it's quite an old fashioned bit of slang... I think I've come across it more frequently in 1970s/80s police dramas than anywhere else. Google has it pinned as being primarily a UK search term so there must still be people using it, unless this is just an echo caused by a special offer on boxed sets of The Sweeney.
- afandian 10y agoWell, it is prison slang, but, I believe, in broad circulation. Maybe it is a bit dated. Wikipedia says it's in the OED: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonce_(slang) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonce_(slang)