To ask what this word means…..

[Frogsandsheep]

…… naice!

I saw in on MN recently for the first time. I’ve googled it (and found very little reference outside of MN)
I have also searched old MN threads and mostly found lots of ham jokes and comments about how much people hate the word!!

Is it even a word or did a MNetter make it up? Is it a variation on nice or niche or both?

Naice is nice pronounced a bit like Hyacinth Bucket would say it.

It means middle class, gentrified, possibly to a slightly wanky extent.

Naice ham is the hand carved honey roasted stuff rather than value square ham.

You get the idea.

I think it came from a shopping list thread where the list included "naice ham", although I can't be sure.

That makes sense - thank you.

Does the word actually exist outside of Mn though? I can’t find other references.

It’s an ugly looking word!!

It's a Jilly Cooper phrase, from 'Rivals' (1988 - so long before MN existed) and it's one of the mannerisms of Valerie Jones - someone who has become wealthy and tries to be 'posh' but misses the mark. Overenunciation was one part of that.

So things that are naice might also be nice, but have an intrinsic wankiness about them

Pretentious middle class Hyacinth Bucket types pronouncing words in the style of supremely posh RP.