woman: I need a five letter word for "less than once." Man: "nonce." Woman: That's not a word. Man: nuh huh.
It is archaic but like the word moot (as in the point is moot) or deserts (as in “just deserts” – sounds like desserts but spelled like deserts) it does live on in one phrase and one phrase only – “for the nonce” as Ubintold said.
It is archaic but like the word moot (as in the point is moot) or deserts (as in “just deserts” – sounds like desserts but spelled like deserts) it does live on in one phrase and one phrase only – “for the nonce” as Ubintold said.