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nervuri nervuri at disroot.org
Sun Jul 11 12:09:39 BST 2021
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On Sat, 2021-07-10, Jonathan McHugh wrote:
While I understand that it has a cryptographic definition, is it
possible to have/use another term than 'nonces'?
I don't know of a good alternative. In any case, Merriam-Webster [1]says that "nonce" is used since the 13th century with the meaning "theone, particular, or present occasion, purpose, or use" - basically thesame as in crypto. Urban Dictionary [2] has a 21st century definition:"British slang for pedophile". Rather than killing the word, I thinkit's better to not allow some new regional slang affect our common useof it.
Having grown up watching the satirical series, Brass Eye...
I looked it up and I like it, thanks!
[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonce[2] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nonce