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Yes, but it is a very odd choice of word. In British slang a nonce is a sex offender, particularly one who abuses young people.
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Interesting,
Looking at the etymology it appears that the British slang is modern from ~1975[^] with the older Middle English meaning 'something used once'.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Kind of like how "smoking a fag" means two entirely different things in GB English and USA English 
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Yes, but you don't expect to find it in the technical documentation.
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Maybe in the 80's.
"Go smoke a fag while the installation is running.
This software was sponsored by Pall Mall." 
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Hmmm,
There is also the British 'chuffed to the muff' which an American might misunderstand.
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As a secondary language English speaker it means nothing at all to me 
I guessed it meant being full after a good dinner, but I was wrong and now I'm not chuffed to the muff 
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In your country... U kunt de kok om bitterballen vragen.
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To quote this discussion's topic: What?
Other than the literal meaning, asking the cook for "bitterballen" (which has no English translation), I don't think that means anything
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Heh,
I don't speak Dutch, I simply tried to generate a legible sentence out of funny sounding Dutch words.
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Fair enough 
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Randor wrote: chuffed to the muff
Hm, never heard that one. But I have heard of the sport of muff diving. 
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it sounds unpleasant.
I know what it means though from hanging about with brits online.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I got banned from reddit for hate speech for three days for saying the former - in a private chat with my nice online English fren. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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Well, cigarettes have a very bad rep nowadays!
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That must have been it.
Real programmers use butterflies
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What? I've been misusing it? I've used "nonce" as a synonym for "moment".
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Probably acceptable where you live. Just be careful if you are over here. 
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Quote: In cryptography, a nonce is an arbitrary number that can be used just once in a cryptographic communication. It is similar in spirit to a nonce word, hence the name.
Which is a stupid fancy way of saying, your token isn't recognized!!! 
As to the word "invalid," I have always tried to not use that word, ever since I started "real" programming in my 20's. There are better words: "incorrect", "unrecognized", "wrong", "you're a shmuck!" etc.
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Marc Clifton wrote: "you're a shmuck!"
I have deserved that message more than once. 
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They already pulled that sort of stuff off in the 1970s. My first calculator at school was the original TI 30. We all had to get one and nothing else.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Yes, this was the gold standard, but it was well-priced. I have only had 2 legendary calculators - this one, and the HP-41C. Too bad they both got flooded in a major tropical system flood. 
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I have a 41C laying around. Many years ago it struck me, when I was filling in my tax return form, that I hadn't been using it since I was filling in the tax return form last year! And for summation it is really crazy to depend on a calculator! (Nowadays, we receive forms filled in with everything the tax authorities know of, which is more or less 'everything', already filled in, so there is no need to sum anything unless you have corrections to make.)
So I put it away. I've still got it. It requires batteries of a sizeno longer commonly available (you must go to electronics stores with a large battery section to find them), and I really haven't cared. I keep it as a museum item to show to kids - similar to my 1964 vintage Kodak Instamatic 50 camera and my 1968 vintage Kodak M14 Super-8 camera.
I am not willing to sell any of them. They were part of my childhood and teenage years. You don't sell your memories.
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trønderen wrote: I have a 41C laying around. Many years ago it struck me, when I was filling in my tax return form, that I hadn't been using it since I was filling in the tax return form last year! And for summation it is really crazy to depend on a calculator! (Nowadays, we receive forms filled in with everything the tax authorities know of, which is more or less 'everything', already filled in, so there is no need to sum anything unless you have corrections to make.)
You must not be in the USA, where the lawmakers want to make it as painful as possible to do one's taxes. That's OK - I still send in the paper form, and will continue to do so for as long as the tax prep programs require me to enter all the information from the forms (I wouldn't have a problem entering in the amount, but that's it! ). In any case, I like to have a running total throughout the year, as well as do simulations and other calculations (such as making sure certain levels stay low enough for me to get certain means-tested benefits), so I have set up my own spreadsheet with only those lines that are pertinent to my situation; as the tax rules typically hardly change at all, the new year is just a copy of the previous year's spreadsheet with entered items just being deleted, except for ongoing (non-retirement) liquid investments, for which I keep the purchase info.
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