noncery

English

Etymology

From nonce +‎ -ery.

Noun

noncery (uncountable)

1. (UK, slang) The behaviour of a sex offender; paedophilia.
   • 1998, Will Self, Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, pages 217–218:

     The nonces abided, trading photographs of their victims like soccer stars. […] They saw themselves as avuncular – and had often introduced one another to children as ‘uncle’; they were generous, and had frequently been apprehended by the police, carrying toys, looking for a child to give them to. […] The nonces abided, plotting certain revolutionary acts that would enable them to advance the cause of noncery. They factored in social hypocrisy, but on the whole still considered that things would have changed by the time they got out, attitudes would have matured. Their ‘liberation’ of certain youthful citizens would be seen as just that: the freeing of tender souls into the warmth and bonhomie of a full relationship with someone older. Much older.

   • 2006 May 8, “Mr Chuffy Investigates… Why obesity is phat”, in Quench, volume 3, number 38, Cardiff University Students’ Union:

     Reformed paedophile Wishbone Fencefold, who gave up noncery when the practice was outlawed in the early 90s, has claimed that offenders just don’t fancy fat kids.

   • 2022, Irvine Welsh, The Long Knives, Random House, →ISBN:

     He might eventually have as much as fifty per cent of previous erectile function, though it’ll take a while. — Bit naive of him, wasn’t it? Very trusting. Didn’t he whiff set-up? — Nah, cause this bird knew this geezer’s MO. Book a high-class escort girl and a suite at somewhere tasty, like the Ritz or the Savoy; in this case it was the Savoy. […] — Agreed. Sounds like high noncery to me, mate. — Noncery of the highest bleedin order, Hollis booms, as a nearby couple briefly turn round. — Well, I ain’t gonna shut up and play foot soldier for cover-up wankers!

   • 2022 February, Dan Bennett, “E-Girls, Dear Boy, E-Girls; How Streamers Nearly Brought Down British Parliament”, in The Lemon Press, number 51, University of York, page 16:

     Noncery is not just the domain of the paedophile, but by definition of the word it is the domain of anyone attempting to deprive the British public of an innocence they can’t get back.