Jim Davidson's (British 80's stand-up comedian) catch-phrase used to be "nick,nick". You'd hear him say it more than a few times in a show.
You see, he often got nicked himself, and I don't necessarily mean with a razor blade.
When you get nicked, you get taken down the nick.
Furthermore, some people get nicked for nicking things.
Usage in this instance
- verb. to steal – He nicked some vodka from the offy.
- verb. to arrest – He got nicked for nicking vodka.
- noun. police station or prison – He's in the nick for nicking vodka.
I've looked in loads of really old dictionaries and failed to find any etymology regarding these usages. If any readers want to contribute or just even bullshit about where these usages come from, feel free.
Alternatively, just tell us if you've got an amusing story about you or someone you know getting nicked for something stupid.
Nickin’ vodka???? You spyin’ on me????
that’s a puzzle to me.
i can think of another usage, though … “in the nick of time.”
i have no idea why that word is used.
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four dinners, i was just about to nick the vodka but saw you nickin’ it first!
eric, i wish i’d been in the nick of time to spot my fucking incredibly bad typo which i’ve now fixed: alernative. somebody had nicked the t.
I was looking up the in voice german commands in the computer game day of defeat:Source and I found this:
Negative
- Geht nicht – Won’t work (or Can’t do)
so it got me searching for the etymology of “get nicked”
that’s as close as I get.
Nice!
Interesting…
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