If you’ve ever come across the word “nonce,” you might not think much of it. In some contexts, it’s completely harmless. In old literature, it simply means “for the time being.” ...

‘aka’ ‘pedo defender’, is that the term ‘nonce’ was being used in its primary meaning to allege the claimant has a sexual interest in children Mrs Justice Steyn On Friday, the judge ...

But another thing viewers seem to be honing in on is some of the very specific British slang words used in the series, like the word nonce. But what does nonce mean in Adolescence? We explain.

From footnote 1 to Judge Lawrence VanDyke's dissent from the grant of rehearing en banc (recall that "dissental" is a relatively new legal term meaning ... makes it a "nonce word," defined ...