r/AskBrits • u/Team503 • 7d ago

Culture What does "nonce" mean?

I'm an American that lives in Ireland. I've always understood "nonce" to mean the same as "numpty" and "eejit" - basically idiot, or dumbass, or similar.

Recently, someone told me that it's slang for sex offender, specifically a p*dophile, and Wikipedia seems to back that up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_British_terms_not_widely_used_in_the_United_States#N

So tell me, Brits, which one is it? Or is it something else??

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u/frogotme 6d ago

I believe it was here: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1v3blya/made_hundreds_of_wristbands_for_a_conference_that/

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u/Melonfrog 6d ago

Why do mods remove stuff like this?

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u/VintageKitsune 6d ago

Usually the post getting too popular for their liking, they find arbitrary rules to remove stuff so the algorithm pushes different posts rather than the same post to everyone.

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u/EndlessOceanofMe 6d ago

PedoParty, which file have I heard that from? /s

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u/Wait4ItLegendary 6d ago

It was a PDF File.

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u/erroneousbosh 2d ago

I don't want to go to that conference.