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		grokys on Dec 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hyphen Hate? When Amazon went to war against punct... From wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonce_%28slang%29 >> In the United Kingdom, nonce is a slang word for a sex offender or child sexual abuser.

mattmanser on Dec 15, 2014 [–]

Nonce means mild idiot in my social circles. I wasn't implying they were a social offender. I wasn't even aware of its implications. Learn something every day.

I'd delete the comment but HN has got ridiculously militant about that now and I can't.

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