![]() ![]() 1989 "assorted nonces, ponces and murderers, 'the worst men in the world' on the nonce wing, where the child-killers, molesters and various perverts have to be protected from the other prisoners.( Britain, derogatory ) A sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children.The rhyme with ponce has also been noted.Īs prison slang also said to be an acronym for "Not On Normal Communal Exercise" (Stevens 2012), but this is likely a backronym. Several origins have been proposed possibly derived from dialectal nonce, nonse ( “ stupid, worthless individual ” ) (but this cannot be shown to predate nonce "child-molester" and is likely a toned-down usage of the same insult), or Nance, nance ( “ effeminate man, homosexual ” ), from nancy or nancyboy. If someone says 'bottle and glass' in your vicinity, they're not asking how you'd like to be served a drink. Berk means idiot, as in 'you're being a berk.' bottle and glass - arse. Unknown, derived from British criminal slang. Cockwomble: idiot foolish obnoxious Fun Fact An angry Tweeter, after Brexit was announced and Trump made a statement that the Scots had made a wise decision to leave the EUthey voted to remain in the EUcalled Donald Trump a polyester cockwomble. The full phrase Berkeley (or Berkshire) hunt has been shortened to 'berk,' which has become a milder slang word of its own. ![]() Read about the team of authors behind Collins Dictionaries. Thesaurus für idiot von der Collins Englischer Thesaurus. Some of the single-citation terms appeared to be nonce formations, that is, created for the occasion. thicko (British, slang), dumb-ass (slang), gobshite (Irish, taboo, slang), numpty (Scottish, informal), doofus (slang, US), lamebrain (informal), fuckwit (taboo, slang).
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