a ponce and a nonce ? i always get mixed up !
2006-08-20 22:41:06 · 23 answers · asked by senoirpob 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
a ponce is someone posh and arrogant
a nonce is a gay who likes to do it with men- mainly sailors.
2006-08-20 22:45:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I have actually never heard of ponce or nonce so i decided to look them up bc the previous definitions were so varied. The only thing I could find for Ponce was Ponce Puerto Rico but I did find Nonce in the wikipedia.
In the UK, the term nonce (usually pronounced in a Cockney accent) is a slang word used to refer to a sex offender, especially child sexual abusers, and thus as an insult. Folk etymologies for the origins of this word state that the word derives from Not Of Normal Criminal Ethos The actual origin of this word is unknown, but it is probable that it is derived from a combination of nancy, a derogatory term referring to homosexual males, and British prisoner slang for prisoners who have committed a "nonsense crime", as opposed to a crime such as theft.
2006-08-21 09:45:16 · answer #2 · answered by girlinlove 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ponce = an offensive term that deliberately insults a man for being homosexual or for behaving in a way considered to be more characteristic of a woman
Nonce = Refers to Present Time.
2006-08-20 23:00:20 · answer #3 · answered by Ash 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a ponce lives of other people a nonce is a pervert who pray on children and when in prison have to live under rule 63 (kept away from non sex offendeds)
2006-08-23 01:11:38 · answer #4 · answered by Rita W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The spelling.
More seriously, a ponce is someone who is arrogant and acts like they are in the 'upper class'. (ie. Rich and Better than everyone else)
A nonce is just a regular silly person - I much prefer them to ponces.
2006-08-20 22:46:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A nonce is a paedophile, a ponce is just someone pretentious.
2006-08-21 00:57:02 · answer #6 · answered by helen s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ponce is a dandy. (i.e. That shirt is a bit poncy.)
A nonce is a sex offender, usually taken to mean paedo. Also known as a Rule 63. (isolation in prison).
2006-08-21 11:31:12 · answer #7 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ponce
n : someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
nonce
n: The present or particular occasion: “Her tendency to discover a touch of sadness had for the nonce disappeared” (Theodore Dreiser).
I have a feeling that definition was not the one you were looking for though :)
2006-08-22 08:34:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a ponce is some one ho tries not to pay for anything a nonce is a pervert
2006-08-20 22:53:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a ponce is a middle class user of womens fortunes, a nonce is peadophile in prison terminology.
2006-08-22 08:41:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ponce was originally another word for a pimp i.e. a person who sponges off a prostitute. Now generally accepted as a person who scrounges etc.
A nonce = a sexual deviant. Especially a paedophile.
2006-08-20 22:57:02 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋