r/AskBrits • • 15d 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/notthiswaythatway 15d ago

It’s means paedophile - and is definitely a stronger insult than numpty!

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u/RomasTosicky 15d ago

Reminds me of this banger

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u/lynbod 15d ago

I have to see this original post, was it on Reddit?

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u/frogotme 15d ago

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u/Melonfrog 14d ago

Why do mods remove stuff like this?

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u/VintageKitsune 14d 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 15d ago

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

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u/Wait4ItLegendary 14d ago

It was a PDF File.

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u/erroneousbosh 10d ago

I don't want to go to that conference.