vonce

Meanings

Noun

• Marijuana; cannabis, especially used as a drug.
• Something or someone small and annoying.
• Sexual activity.
• A state in which the musician produces great improvization intuitively.
• A jerk; an unpleasant person.

Adverb

• Pronunciation spelling of once, imitative of German-accented or non-native English.

Origin

• Borrowed from Yiddish וואַנץ, by analogy to the English slang term roach. Attested since the 1950s.
• Uncertain; possibly from German Schwanz or Yiddish שוואַנץ.
• Uncertain; Possibly either of the etymologies listed above. Attested since the 1960s.
• See once.