England Players called 'Overpaid Nonces' on BBC News

[JB08]

Hasn't this woman just called the England squad a bunch of pedophiles?


Hope this word doesn't become even more commonly used, surely she didn't know what it means?

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Rooney will take this personally.

 

[yumtum]

It's not a man saying this so she'll be fine.

 

[AndyJ1985]

My ex-girlfriend used to call people nonces as a sort of casual insult, you know, like wally or plonker, until I eventually informed her that the word is used to call someone a paedophile. She was horrified.

 

[RexHamilton]

You'd imagine they'd be well aware what that means at the BBC.

 

[rpitchfo]

She will be in big trouble.

 

[Name Changed]

My ex-girlfriend used to call people nonces as a sort of casual insult, you know, like wally or plonker, until I eventually informed her that the word is used to call someone a paedophile. She was horrified.

 

[Rado_N]

She obviously meant ponces with the hair comment but not a good thing to come out with.

 

[Shark]

Can't imagine this will end well for her, all well and good slagging off the team lightly but Jesus!

 

[SilentWitness]

She's the dumbass that was arguing with the guy on sky news about the attack in Orlando not being an attack on the LGBT community.

 

[Steven Seagull]

 

[Random Task]

Hasn't this woman just called the England squad a bunch of pedophiles?


Hope this word doesn't become even more commonly used, surely she didn't know what it means?

Saying it how it is. Good girl!

 

[DomesticTadpole]

She obviously meant ponces with the hair comment but not a good thing to come out with.

If she meant that she likely thought she would be in trouble saying it. Then said something as bad.

 

[Shark]

She's the dumbass that was arguing with the guy on sky news about the attack in Orlando not being an attack on the LGBT community.

Yep, she was. I get the feeling she's intolerable to be around in real life.

 

[Sassy Colin]

I think it's quite clear what she meant:

In cryptography, a nonce is an arbitrary number that may only be used once. It is similar in spirit to a nonce word, hence the name. It is often a random or pseudo-random number issued in an authentication protocol to ensure that old communications cannot be reused in replay attacks.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Yep, she was. I get the feeling she's intolerable to be around in real life.

At least we are spared that little joy.

 

[x42bn6]

I think it's quite clear what she meant:

As someone who studied this, I find this really annoying every time it's mentioned.

 

[Sassy Colin]

Ponce is isn't much better

 

[Bubz27]

What is the going rate for a nonce?

 

[RexHamilton]

 

[pascell]

When I was growing up, the term 'nonce' was used to describe someone who was perceived as stuck up, cared too much about their appearance or a bit of a soft arse. I think she's using the word in that context, not calling the squad a bunch of overpaid pedophiles.

 

[Samid]

No paedophile or rape jokes before anyone thinks of posting one. Should go without saying really but have to post it as I know what some are like.

 

[AndyJ1985]

When I was growing up, the term 'nonce' was used to describe someone who was perceived as stuck up, cared too much about their appearance or a bit of a soft arse. I think she's using the word in that context, not calling the squad a bunch of overpaid pedophiles.

In that case it's the perfect word to describe Arsenal.

 

[Shark]

When I was growing up, the term 'nonce' was used to describe someone who was perceived as stuck up, cared too much about their appearance or a bit of a soft arse. I think she's using the word in that context, not calling the squad a bunch of overpaid pedophiles.

Regardless of what she meant, it's very very stupid of her to come out with that on BBC news.

 

[Classical Mechanic]

Ponce means an effeminate man or someone that lives off the earnings of a prostitute.

 

[Ecstatic]

So she refers to an old-school definition of the term - and not the modern urban definition ?

Ponce means an effeminate man or someone that lives off the earnings of a prostitute.

Ponce or nonce?

 

[Classical Mechanic]

So she refers to an old-school definition of the term - and not the modern urban definition ?



Ponce or nonce?

I think she meant ponce in the modern definition.

 

[red4ever 79]

Here here

 

[TrustInJanuzaj]

I had no idea nonce meant that, I've been using that for months. Oh well

 

[sugar_kane]

My ex-girlfriend used to call people nonces as a sort of casual insult, you know, like wally or plonker, until I eventually informed her that the word is used to call someone a paedophile. She was horrified.

My girlfriend was the exact same until recently.

Maybe this reporter has inside info though, it would be in keeping with recent news for our country if our national football team turned out to not only be crap but a squad of raging paedos.

 

[Gol123]

So many people misuse that word.

I have corrected quite a few friends who refused to believe that they were calling the lecturer a pedophile.

 

[Elliott]

No paedophile or rape jokes before anyone thinks of posting one. Should go without saying really but have to post it as I know what some are like.

Gotta love soapbox projectionism.

I also reckon she was going for a colloquial 'ponce'.

 

[Speedy30]

NONCE stands for 'Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise' and is used as an official acronym for offenders who are at severe risk of recriminations from other prisoners. It doesn't always mean sex offenders, but the majority of people with the tag NONCE are.

 

[SparkedIntoLife]

Wow, clumsy. It's obvious she meant ponce (in the wimp sense, not the homosexual connotation) though. Shouldn't go further than a bollocking and a public apology, in my view.

 

[C3Pique]

Called my Dad a nonce once when I was a kid, not realising what it meant. Got a fully deserved smack

 

[BarstoolProphet]

I think she meant 'overpaid nuns'.

 

[Physiocrat]

I didn't think Adam Johnson was in the England squad

 

[Crimson King]

Around my way we used to use Ponce to describe someone as a bit of wimp, or lacked a bit of spine. Was meant to shame them into pulling their act together.

Nonce was a far more cutting insult, for obvious reasons.

 

[Scrumpet]

What's a fair wage for a nonce?

 

[ChaddyP]

what the heck is a nonce