nonce compounds

What Is A Nonce Word?

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What Is A Nonce Word? A nonce word (from Middle English “for the once”) is a word coined or used for a special occasion. A compound construction made up for a particular occasion is sometimes called a nonce compound. As Thomas Kane notes below, nonce compounds (e.g., “an anti-everything-wrong organization“) are usually hyphenated. What if

What Is A Nunce?

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What Is A Nunce? nonce in British English (nɒns ) derogatory, prison slang. a rapist or child molester; a sexual offender. Collins English Dictionary. What does nonce stand for? The acronym N.O.N.C.E. comes from HMP Wakefield at the turn of the century and was marked on the cell card of any prisoner who may have