nonse

nonse
n
British
a prisoner found guilty of sexual offences against children or other acts against the pale of prison morality. Short for 'nonsense boy' or 'nonsense case'.
► 'Nonce meaning nothing, a non-sense, a no one, a non-thing, a phenomenon ex-isting somewhere between noun and verb, between the most terrible acts and the dreadful word for them: pervert, child molester, sex offender, monster, beast ... The nonce is the game in an open season.' (Ken Smith, Inside Time, 1988)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • nonse — obs. form of nonce1 …   Useful english dictionary

  • Nonce (slang) — In the United Kingdom and Australia, the term nonce (alternately spelled nonse ) is a slang word used to refer to a sex offender and/or child sexual abuser. Although the term traditionally referred specifically to sex offenders, it has now become …   Wikipedia

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