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Amazing blunder by Chester Zoo (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] 9 points 1 month ago (14 children)

What? Is that what nonce means? From context I thought it was just like "dumbass" or something!

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  • [+] 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Yes but to be fair we also call each other child molesters somewhat casually

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Not On Normal Communal Experience

    It's prison slang

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    That's absolutely a backronym

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    Mebbies?

    I used to think 'twocced' was slag for stolen but it's from Taken Without Owners Consent which is definitely a police term

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    yeah twoc/twocced/twoccing is a legit acronym. I realised that the supposed acronym for nonce is "Not on Normal Communal Exercise" rather than "Experience" which makes more sense in the prison context. It can be hard to be sure of word's origin, but in these cases:

    • On TWOC, the police actually charge people with "taking without owner's consent". You can find the source of the words in the relevant Act.
    • On Nonce, I don't think anyone has ever heard anyone refer to someone as "not on normal communal exercise" - it's an awkward phrase - why is it referring specifically to exercise rather than something more general - "Not in Communal Accommodation" - NICA? "Isolated for own safety" - IFOS? It stretches believability in the supposed source phrase in a way that TWOC doesn't. The earliest attestation of the theory I could find is also from 2012 but the word has been around longer.
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