• fades@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Wait what? Nonce is a term for sex offender?? Maybe you mean to say it’s a slang that can mean pedo?

    I’ve heard Brits call dummies nonces too. For me, I think of cryptographic nonces when I hear the word lol

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      1 year ago

      cryptographic nonces

      Until this day I had never seen this term before…time for the Brits to mold it into a cracker of an insult.

      and yeah nonce means pedo here; depending on the surrounding swear words

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOP
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      1 year ago

      Nonce is an intriguing word with a range of meanings, I just stuck to the relevant definition.

      Wait what? Nonce is a term for sex offender?? Maybe you mean to say it’s a slang that can mean pedo?

      It can mean any sex offender, rapists, flashers, etc.

      I’ve heard Brits call dummies nonces too.

      Took me a bit to figure that one out - dummies as in idiots, not as in soothers you give to babies.

      For me, I think of cryptographic nonces when I hear the word lol

      That’s a much more recent use, apparently “number used once” but I suspect it falls under “they knew”.

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      1 year ago

      Apparently it comes from an acronym N.O.N.C.E. - Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise.

      Cos y’know, if you’re a nonce you’re getting stabbed in prison, so they don’t go out with everyone else, hence nonce.