Bonce
/bɒns/noun
British informal slang for a person's head.
Did you know?Bonce is a genuinely old piece of English slang, but lexicographers have never fully pinned down its origin, which makes it one of those words that survived by pure street-level power.
Etymological Timeline
19th Century
English
bonce
“slang for the head”
19th Century
English
bounce
“to strike or rebound; also a possible source in slang development”
Unknown
English
bonce
“origin uncertain; likely a colloquial formation rather than a word with a securely documented deeper ancestry”
Modern English
English
bonce
“informal British word for the head”