bonce | Word of the Day

November 01, 2017 bonce [bons] noun 1. British Slang. head; skull. weird words Bizarre Town Names We Couldn't Make Up language Wonderful Words We're Missing in English WORD OF THE DAY bonce continued... QUOTES There's ... guys with great big bandages round their heads from being hit with blunt and heavy objects or simply falling over lagging and landing on the bonce. -- J. J. Connolly, Layer Cake, 2000 ORIGIN The head or skull sense of bonce perhaps finds its origins in a British term meaning "marble." It entered English in the 1860s. MORE FROM THE WEB OTHERS ARE READING 1 Wonderful Words We're Missing in English Words from other cultures we should adopt. 2 Quotes to Help You Forgive... But maybe not forget. It's time to let it go. 3 Creative Costumes for Language Lovers These costumes are outrageously good. 4 This quiz is irresistibly ducky Plus it's far from nocent. Go for 7/7. 5 Tired Slang We Can All Stop Using Now Like all good things, it's time to retire these overused terms. © 2017 Dictionary.com, LLC. ABOUT CONTACT You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: matzom229@gmail.com Subscriber since: September 06, 2017 Unsubscribe Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607 Manage your subscription Terms & Privacy