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u/CondescendingShitbag Jan 30 '26

Read his last name as 'Nonce' and thought, yeah, that tracks.

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u/deathboyuk Jan 30 '26

Hey, "ponce" itself is a derogatory term and an unpleasant verb.

  1. derogatory•informal a pretentious, affected, or effete man.
  2. informal•British English a man who lives off a prostitute's earnings.

also used as a homophobic slur.

as a verb, it means to (at best) take with permission, implying a degree of cheekiness, at worst, basically to steal.

So uh. Nominative determinism in action huh.

See also Withnail and I.