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  1. #nonce is two separate nouns:

    Nonce (1) means: The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose.
    (Etymology 1 is inherited from Middle English nonse, nones.)

    Nonce (2, in Britain and Ireland) means: A sex offender, especially one who perpetrates against children.
    (Etymology 2 is dated 1975, in British criminal slang.) French equivalent: #pointeur

    More: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonce

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