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Oner vs Ner - What's the difference?

oner | ner |

As a noun oner

is an extraordinary individual.

As an interjection ner is

an interjection generally used when gloating about a perceived cause of humiliation or inferiority for the person being addressed, often when disagreeing with a statement considered incorrect or irrelevant.

oner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) An extraordinary individual.
  • A small marble of little worth in children's games.
  • * 2012 , Nicholas Hagger, A View of Epping Forest (page 143)
    • The winner was the last to flick a marble into the gully. A oner had to beat a fourer four times to win, a fourer had to beat a twelver three times, and so on.
  • (UK) A conker that has won one match.
  • * 1993 , (Henry Normal), Nude modelling for the afterlife
    • May all your conkers be oners / May your love life fail with dishonours
  • * 2005 , Benedict Le Vay, Eccentric Britain (page 32)
    • The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories
  • * 2006 , Charles Campion, Fifty Recipes To Stake Your Life On (page 119)
    • Conkers so highly prized that it's a wonder they even manage to hit the ground before being swept away to be pickled or baked and then going on to new careers as 'oners' , 'twoers', and so forth.

    Synonyms

    * one of a kind

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    ner

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (slang, childish) An interjection generally used when gloating about a perceived cause of humiliation or inferiority for the person being addressed, often when disagreeing with a statement considered incorrect or irrelevant.
    • You're wrong, so ner!
    I don't care what you think, so ner!
    I've got more sweets than you. Ner ner ner ner ner!

    Derived terms

    : ner ner ner ner ner :: Emphatic form of ner'' — pronounced /n?? n?? n? n?? n??/ and sung or spoken with the rhythm: crotchet, dotted quaver, semiquaver, crotchet, crotchet. Spelling is not canonical; alternatives are "''ner ner na ner ner''" or "''ner ner ne ner ner ".

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