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noncy

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a nonce, or sex offender.
    UK, slang
  2. Pretentious, affected, fancy.
    UK, slang

Examples

“Lloyd pushed his leader back into his seat and subscribed to the same Ngs, he then began to scrawl a whole manner of spurious boring shite............throwing back his head and in his nonciest laugh⟳ shouted "soon they will all be mine, the world will be mine and it all starts here in Scarecrow......WOOOOOOOHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH...............WOOOOOOOOOOOHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA."”
“He was a noncy guy. […] The nonce whispered something in the kid's ear, squeezed his arse, and got his face⟳ opened up from ear to ear.”
“'Are you saying I look⟳ like⟳ a noncy man doll?' Dutch asked. 'You're not exactly the rugged SAS action man type⟳ we're all made out to be are ya mate?'”
“Yeah, he’s getting a bit noncy, ain’t he lately? I seen him walking down the high street the other day with his Filofax held up in front of him.”
“IN a survey of nine cities, Prima magazine claimed that Geordie men were the least likely to help⟳ a damsel in distress. Now, as a native of Newcastle I will not have⟳ noncy London magazines casting aspersions on our menfolk.”
““On the corner? There’s a Starbucks.” / “I wouldn’t set⟳ foot in the place⟳!” Macy was gabbling like⟳ a spin⟳ cycle on overdrive. “Capitalist pigs! Brainwashed the public into believing that in order⟳ to maintain⟳ their visibility, they need⟳ to sport a cardboard container full of brown water with some noncy Italian name⟳ – what happened to a simple cup of coffee?[…]””

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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