noncy

• noncey

From nonce +‎ -y. Sense 2 is probably after poncy.^[1]

noncy (comparative more noncy, superlative most noncy) (UK, slang)

1. Characteristic of a nonce, or sex offender.
   • 2011, Freddie Foreman, Tony Lambrianou, Getting it Straight: Villains Talking:

     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.

   • 2015, Fredrik Hansen, Ghost: Inception:

     '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?'

2. Pretentious, affected, fancy.
   • 1989 January 8, John Sullivan, “Yuppy Love”, in Only Fools and Horses, season 6, episode 1, spoken by Mickey Pearce (Patrick Murray), London: BBC One:

     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.

   • 2001 August 12, Carole Malone, “It’s only a matter of priorities”, in Sunday Mirror, London, →OCLC, page 25:

     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.

   • 2023 June 19, Wendy Salisbury, chapter 51, in Take Two Tablets, London: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN:

     “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? […]”

• Cynon, conny