According to the Cambridge Dictionary, “nonce” is a slang term used in the U.K. to describe someone who is accused of a sex ...

Eddie's van is vandalized with a specific UK slang term in the last episode of Adolescence, raising questions about its true ...

A single word in 'Adolescence' left Netflix viewers puzzled. The slang term "nonce" carries serious implications in the ...

Adolescence tells the harrowing tale of Jamie Miller, a regular thirteen-year-old boy who is arrested and subsequently convicted of murdering a female classmate.

US Netflix users are only learning what the word 'nonce' means after hearing the word used in an episode of Netflix's latest crime-drama, Adolescence.

During episode four, fans see Jamie's dad Eddie (Stephen Graham) share his frustration after someone vandalises his plumbing business van with the word nonce. And viewers over in the US have had ...

Among the many hard-hitting moments in the series, one particular scene near the end introduces the word nonce in a way that adds another layer of tension to the story. As the show progresses ...

But some people have qualms about accepting this compound coinage as a word, probably owing to how rarely it occurs, which makes it a so-called “nonce word” or “occasionalism”. But is this word part ...