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Discover LudwigThe word "bonce" is informal and primarily used in British English.
It can be used to refer to someone's head, often in a light-hearted or humorous context. Example: "He bumped his bonce on the doorframe and let out a yelp." Alternatives include "head" or "noggin."
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The Big Things I'm talking about aren't as contrived as Russell's bonce, but equally adored.
Quite why his bonce was such a hit only needs to be seen to be explained, and while the music might have fallen flatter than that by some of his peers, it was clearly a successful night for him too.
In the aftermath of this week's rebellion by Tory MPs, both the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror were keen to draw attention to the patches of grey appearing towards the back of his bonce.
Go round the outline of the bonce, for instance.
I mean, when your bonce goes, I ask you, what is the sense of carrying on?" I gestured at the instrument he still held in his hand and said, "Just wondering, but what was that — what was that to do with?" He sat back and grunted it out: "Lanzarote".
Egg bonce is another one.
"Why not join the fun and give yourself or your mates a bigger bonce.
Dev's bonce goes unbattered, but only because he drifted far enough from the justice-must-be-done part of his monologue for Karl to chicken out.
Even today, although people no longer call me names, I notice them trying not to stare at my frizzy bonce.
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Songs such as "Exile" and "House of Glass" revel in hazy minimalist beats and bleed seamlessly into one another, kidding us that we're off our bonces in an underground club in Lower Manhattan in the Eighties, and not in a seaside venue in 2015 with one eye on our smartphones in case the babysitter calls.
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