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Old 04-22-2009   #1 (permalink)
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Default Don't Call It NOS !!!!

Using the term "NOS" is completely wrong

NOS is the name of a company, just like Trick Flow, Edlebrock or Holley.

The right term would be "Nitrous Oxide".
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Well, I learned something today in an indirect way! I looked up NOS on Wikipedia, and found that "Nitrous Oxide Systems" was a division of Holley, and that Holley started in 1896 in Bradford, PA, which is about an hour from my hometown. It's also the place where they make Zippo lighters!
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Using the term "NOS" is completely wrong

NOS is the name of a company, just like Trick Flow, Edlebrock or Holley.

The right term would be "Nitrous Oxide".
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I was actually talking to my friend the other day and I said "... I'm also going to get a 100 shot of NOS...". Right when I said "NOS" I stopped and looked at him and said "Did I really just call it NOS?!"

I normally call it "goofy gas"!

It's the only thing I look forward to at the dentist office!
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Thats gonna be a tough habit to break people of.
Im pretty sure everyone says NOS.
With all the slang flying around its more of an abreviation.

BUT luckily alot of mustang guys i talk to say
"yes its got alittle nitrous in it"
and i say "oh? just a little bit?"
and theyre like "yeaa...just alittle bit"

but I understand your frustration.
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Using the term "NOS" is completely wrong

NOS is the name of a company, just like Trick Flow, Edlebrock or Holley.

The right term would be "Nitrous Oxide".
Agree!

Heck, even if the bottle is a Nitrous Oxide System bottle, I still call it nitrous. I hate the word "NOS". Partly because it sounds weird, but mostly because of Vin Diesel.
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in the term im gonna get a 125 shot of nos. no no no
but im looking at a NOS ok but you better be talking about the right one



i got a buddy who designs parts for them.

i alway laugh at guys at the local track they are all serios, have a zex sticker and say they are running nos
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Honestly, does it really matter?

The part of a weapon that holds the ammunition is technically a "magazine", but the majority of people call it a "clip". I know exactly what they're talking about & when people say NOS (as I have also done), I know exactly what they're referring to. I just don't see what's to be gained by getting "uptight" about the verbage used.

It's kind of like the terms "Xerox" & "weedeater".
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not too bothering. it's like saying kleenex instead of tissue.
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it matters lol

is it just a car... or is it a mustang...?


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coke is to soda as nos is too.......nitrous oxide.big deal
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coke is to soda as nos is too.......nitrous oxide.big deal
burt said it him self " when you say something to someone it depends on what part of the country your standing in as to just how stupid you really are"


california rice calls it nos.


do you really wanna be like california rice?

or more like a GA muscle man?
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burt said it him self " when you say something to someone it depends on what part of the country your standing in as to just how stupid you really are"


california rice calls it nos.


do you really wanna be like california rice?

or more like a GA muscle man?
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thats why i love reggie! its not NOS. it it nitrous, spray, giggle gas, happy button, N2O, but not "NOS". way to ricer!
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NOS is also New Old Stock.

That's a very common acronym used when selling radio parts or car parts to tell people it is old but unused parts.

IMO N2O would better for slang.
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i say nitrous, NOS is New Old Stock, and its not NOS its NAWSsss!!!

its all the same brand name argument but you dont say its got a holley if it has a edelbrock

but everyone says band-aid, kool-aid etc.

i agree with reggie though
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