vonce

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Yiddish וואַנץ (vants, “bedbug”), by analogy to the English slang term roach. Attested since the 1950s. ==== Noun ==== vonce (countable and uncountable, plural vonces) (US, slang) Marijuana; cannabis, especially used as a drug. (Yiddish) Something or someone small and annoying. Used more as a term of endearment than a criticism. ===== Synonyms ===== (marijuana): Thesaurus:marijuana (something small and annoying): Thesaurus:nuisance === Etymology 2 === Uncertain; possibly from German Schwanz (“tail, slang for penis”) or Yiddish שוואַנץ (shvants, “penis”). ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== vonce (slang) Sexual activity. (slang, jazz) A state in which the musician produces great improvisation intuitively. === Etymology 3 === Uncertain; Possibly either of the etymologies listed above. Attested since the 1960s. ==== Noun ==== vonce (plural vonces) (US, slang, term of abuse) A jerk; an unpleasant person. === Etymology 4 === See once. ==== Adverb ==== vonce (not comparable) Pronunciation spelling of once, imitative of German-accented or non-native English. === References === “vonce n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. === Anagrams === coven