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Re:British to American Translation Needed
2012/03/31 12:46:39
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57Gregy
'Ponce' originally meant 'pimp' and people still use it in a related sense of someone who scrounges off others e.g. 'he's always poncing off other people' - like the milder American 'freeloader'. But it's also a wider general form of abuse.
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