davyK wrote:Just learned something. May put this in the interesting facts/well I never thread too.
The term nonce comes from Wakefield prison. Those letters were written on a sign outside sex offenders' cells by staff (they were not kept on their own wing at the time). It means "not on normal courtyard exercise".
mistercrayon wrote:davyK wrote:Just learned something. May put this in the interesting facts/well I never thread too.
The term nonce comes from Wakefield prison. Those letters were written on a sign outside sex offenders' cells by staff (they were not kept on their own wing at the time). It means "not on normal courtyard exercise".
I’ve been burned by too many stories like this to believe this.
I’m looking at you POSH.
Minnesänger wrote:mistercrayon wrote:davyK wrote:Just learned something. May put this in the interesting facts/well I never thread too.
The term nonce comes from Wakefield prison. Those letters were written on a sign outside sex offenders' cells by staff (they were not kept on their own wing at the time). It means "not on normal courtyard exercise".
I’ve been burned by too many stories like this to believe this.
I’m looking at you POSH.
Is it that far fetched to believe the police were the begetters of nonce?
EvilRedEye wrote:Seems to have been recently confirmed by a TV documentary about Wakefield prison and dictionary.com reckons there's no etymological link been found between 'nonce' as 'child molester' and earlier uses of the word.
Kow wrote:Good news. Hopefully he can't make records in prison either.
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