He's got "noss" man

smokedchevy · 09-23-2001, 02:58 AM

What the hell's up with that word? Every idiot I know uses that word "noss". The first time I heard it was in that stupid movie, now it's everywhere. We must educate the ignorant that you mustn't call it "noss", or you will be associated with the ricers.

PKRWUD · 09-23-2001, 04:04 AM

Maybe it's local. I moved up here from Van Nuys in '86, and heard it pronounced that way right off. I had a hard time not laughing!

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tireburner163 · 09-23-2001, 08:12 AM

I know what you mean. I hate it when people do that. I always call it nitrous, throdle in a bottle, gas, spray, juice, black magic or a ton of other crap.

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Five0 · 09-23-2001, 08:15 AM

A lot people call it that because it is easier to say and gets the point across.

Nos is a brand of a system but it does mean nitrous oxide system.

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69fastback · 09-23-2001, 08:32 AM

Alot of ppl did say it before the movie. But i think the movie has mad it alot worse though. all the bumba$$es out there gotta be cool and act like the movie. I really get tired of people asking me if i have nos I luv just to ask them what the hell is that. I get some good looks form it.

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90dpscoupe · 09-23-2001, 08:36 AM

lmao, yea i heard even a mustanger say it before the movie came out, i just couldnt hold back the laugh, i prefer "spray"

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09-23-2001, 08:48 AM

hey 69 fastback e-mail me gotta question, on my ,uho my son's 69 se ya.

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Unit 5302 · 09-23-2001, 12:22 PM

NOS or "noss" has been used for at least 10 years here as the a quick way to communicate a car has nitrous or whatever.

Saying N.O.S. or Nitrous Oxide Systems is longer and takes more effort, plus it's easy to figure out what people mean.

I think everybody that says carb instead of carbuerator or cam instead of camshaft, or rods instead of connecting rods, or tranny instead of transmission, or rims instead of wheels, or computer instead of Engine Control Module or Powertrain Control Module, or Engine Management Unit, or Engine Control Module, or anybody that says EFI instead of Electronic Fuel Injection, or 3.73's instead of 3.73:1 ring and pinion ratio should be considered a ricer as well.

I hope everybody gets the point here.

Also it pisses me off when people say putting a spoiler on a car makes it rice, well, damn, I guess all those late 60's Mach 1's and Boss Mustangs were all rice, huh? I like spoilers, and I would be willing to bet any fox Mustang GT hatch would look liks *** without one. Just because you want your car to look nice doesn't imply you are a ricer, it implies you take pride in making your car nice.

So everybody can cut the bullshit of trying to be rebels by going against everything the import crowds do to their cars because once everybody does that, you're no longer a rebel. You're a follower, just now the ricers call you a redneck.

It's all a matter of taste. I don't like putting 10k of ugly lookin mods onto my car to make it look like a starship when it only has 100hp, but I can understand the desire to make my car look better to me, or to take pride in my car and try to make it better.

I don't get why they think some of that junk looks good, but hey, their choice. When they think it's fast because they put a wing on, now you're talking something that ticks me off. That's ignorance or just plain stupidity.

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Gautam · 09-23-2001, 02:11 PM

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Mr 5 0 · 09-23-2001, 02:27 PM

Unit:

You're in good form today with that rant, and I agree that 'NOS'/'noss' has now become part of the performance-car jargon, like it or not, along with all the other contractions and nicknames for the various parts you mentioned in your post.

I always refer to it as simply 'nitrous' and to the mechanically uneducated I use the full name; nitrous oxide but then I have to explain what that is and how it works so I usually just ignore the whole thing and say "it makes you go faster" which is all most non-performance people need to hear, anyway.

A lot of the so-called 'ricer' stuff is really just a cross-over from American performance cars anyway. Spoilers were around for many decades (as you noted), and bigger tires, special wheels, scoops, etc are all part of the American muscle car scene and have been for ages. Even old 'Hot Rod' magaizines I've seen of '50's street cars ('50 Fords, mostly) show things like lowering, aftermarket wheels, fake hood scoops and big (chromed) duel tailpipes among other items, so this is rather old news.

As you said, a lot of things you see on cars now are simply a matter of bad taste or ignorance but a lot of uglyness is out there too as a result of all that ignorance and poor taste.

Snakeman · 09-23-2001, 02:51 PM

i had one of those 'bumb@sses' ask if i was running "nitro"! I gave him a look like i hadn't a clue, and he says "you know, laughing gas"

nitro...

to avoid lengthy contact, I just nodded.

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09-23-2001, 04:53 PM

you are right unit i think my gt would look like crap, without my spoiler but it is'nt 40 inches high ,the old mach's , boss ,etc gto judge etc had them, yhe only one that had a rice was the superbird, but it worked for richard petty on the oval,but i wont put 500 word's, all over my car i like it gone in black.oh yes you can't just say someone is a redneck if they are southern, iv'e been all over the world, & have met idiot's from every state & country not jumping you , just stating a fact the last statement, really does not apply to what you said.see ya.

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PGkelly · 09-23-2001, 04:55 PM

it's like people saying "Xerox" when they mean photocopy, or "Kleenex" when they want a tissue. and im sure nitrous oxide systems are very happy about it, since everyone is automatically associating them with nitrous oxide.

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Unit 5302 · 09-23-2001, 05:08 PM

Thanks Mr 5.0

PG, Actually, the loss of a brand name recognition is a bad thing. It means when people ask for your companies product, they may receive a competitors product, or not recognize that your product is actually a brand name.

Another example of this is laminate, which is very often referred to as "formica." When people shop for "formica" they think of it as a product, not a brand name so they really don't care if they buy the "Formica" brand, or "WilsonArt" or something else.

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Dark_5.0 · 09-25-2001, 11:53 PM

Who cares what you call it as long as you know what they are talking about.

Try living in Texas there are dumb names for everything

Capri306 · 09-26-2001, 06:53 AM

Kinda like how you call it Vaseline and not petroleum jelly? Sounds like something the Arabs put on their toast.

Somebody else said that, but I think it's along the same lines.

I think the original post and all whom agree with it are just pi$$ed because a jerk-off movie like F&F popularized that name; BTW, "noss" sounds like horse$hit to me I might add. The Holley company would like to thank ricers everywhere for popularizing it.

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I really get tired of people asking me if i have nos I luv just to ask them what the hell is that.

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PKRWUD · 09-27-2001, 08:15 AM

Unit-
That was pretty good. I haven't seen F&F yet, and really have a hard time associating anything nitrous with rice. But, it was still funny the first time I heard nitrous referred to as "noss". I spent years hanging out and racing at the street races in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. Nitrous was part of everybodies daily vocabulary. It was usually referred to as nitrous or N-O-S, and nitrous oxide by the newbies. It wasn't until I moved north to Ventura County, which is 1/10th the size of L.A., that I heard it referred to as "noss". It just sounded funny, like someone who didn't know what NOS stood for, and was treating it as an acronym out of ignorance. Oddly enough, it's the only acronym (or abbreviation) I can think of that wasn't acceptable. The street racers up here called it N-O-S or nitrous, but the wannabe's up here all called it "noss". This was 15 years ago, but to this day I still don't know any racers who call it "noss". I don't mean any disrespect to anyone who calls it "noss", it just sounds funny to me.

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2FastLX · 09-27-2001, 12:18 PM

It's a little early in the season, but I'll say the Colts will be there =)

How old is everyone in here that is getting pissed at the way these kids are saying N.O.S.? You ever stop to think you might just be getting getting old?

I'm 30 and I notice stuff like that all the time. Fads come and go, kids learn new slangs on words, etc. No big deal. I always told myself when I was a kid that when I grow up I'm going to be more open minded toward fads that the younger people go for. I still catch myself asking "what the $%#@ was that??" all the time, but I try to not let it bother me.

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09-27-2001, 09:33 PM

The only persons I've heard call it that is uhh.. I may have heard a ricer say that but that's it, besides that movie.
I agree that is sounds stupid. Call it wantever you like but if you call it noss, we gonna call you hoss(heeh).
Around here its referred to as spray ie: I'll race ya for $500!! Errr.. you spraying?! No Spraying! Pssst.. he got spray?? Yeah man, he spraying..

Also 'the juice' is used alot or 'the bottle'.

Hethj7 · 09-27-2001, 10:49 PM

I agree with 2FastLX. It is just the new lingo, so what is the big deal. I have always heard of it as "noss" and I am 21. Granted, many people that use the term are uneducated and don't know that N.O.S. is a company, but I was once there too.

09-23-2001, 02:58 AM	#1
smokedchevy Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: ventura,CA Posts: 438	He's got "noss" man What the hell's up with that word? Every idiot I know uses that word "noss". The first time I heard it was in that stupid movie, now it's everywhere. We must educate the ignorant that you mustn't call it "noss", or you will be associated with the ricers.

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PKRWUD Junior Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Ventura, California Posts: 8,981	Maybe it's local. I moved up here from Van Nuys in '86, and heard it pronounced that way right off. I had a hard time not laughing! Take care ~Chris ------------------ Retired Moderator MustangNet My site: JimPorterRacing RACECAR spelled backwards is RACECAR HEY !!! Are you ASE Certified ??? If you are, ask me about iATN. The best tool you'll ever have, and it's free !!!

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tireburner163 It's a lot like a race car Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Meridian, MS Posts: 4,130	I know what you mean. I hate it when people do that. I always call it nitrous, throdle in a bottle, gas, spray, juice, black magic or a ton of other crap. ------------------ THE SLO PONY 1992 Ford Mustand LX. 2.3 liter four-banger, auto. Future mods: V-8 swap. Fly it loud, Fly it proud!!! If it ain't broke, you ain't tryin hard enough

09-23-2001, 08:15 AM	#4
Five0 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: middleburg, fl, usa Posts: 1,134	A lot people call it that because it is easier to say and gets the point across. Nos is a brand of a system but it does mean nitrous oxide system. n2o ------------------ James Cox nochevy@hotmail.com 1991 Mustang LX No good times with 347 stroker yet!

09-23-2001, 08:32 AM	#5
69fastback IRAQ VET Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: high desert California Posts: 1,480	Alot of ppl did say it before the movie. But i think the movie has mad it alot worse though. all the bumba$$es out there gotta be cool and act like the movie. I really get tired of people asking me if i have nos I luv just to ask them what the hell is that. I get some good looks form it. ------------------ 69 428 cobra jet: tons of mods. 97 f-150 5.4 xlt mark III BUCKLE UP. SUCK IT IN. Objects in the mirror are about to disappear... QUICKLY!!!!!!

09-23-2001, 08:36 AM	#6
90dpscoupe Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: sanantonio, Tx, usa Posts: 1,407	lmao, yea i heard even a mustanger say it before the movie came out, i just couldnt hold back the laugh, i prefer "spray" pssssssst! psssst! vroooom!

09-23-2001, 08:48 AM	#7
mustang marty gt Guest Posts: n/a	hey 69 fastback e-mail me gotta question, on my ,uho my son's 69 se ya. ------------------

09-23-2001, 12:22 PM	#8
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	NOS or "noss" has been used for at least 10 years here as the a quick way to communicate a car has nitrous or whatever. Saying N.O.S. or Nitrous Oxide Systems is longer and takes more effort, plus it's easy to figure out what people mean. I think everybody that says carb instead of carbuerator or cam instead of camshaft, or rods instead of connecting rods, or tranny instead of transmission, or rims instead of wheels, or computer instead of Engine Control Module or Powertrain Control Module, or Engine Management Unit, or Engine Control Module, or anybody that says EFI instead of Electronic Fuel Injection, or 3.73's instead of 3.73:1 ring and pinion ratio should be considered a ricer as well. I hope everybody gets the point here. Also it pisses me off when people say putting a spoiler on a car makes it rice, well, damn, I guess all those late 60's Mach 1's and Boss Mustangs were all rice, huh? I like spoilers, and I would be willing to bet any fox Mustang GT hatch would look liks *** without one. Just because you want your car to look nice doesn't imply you are a ricer, it implies you take pride in making your car nice. So everybody can cut the bullshit of trying to be rebels by going against everything the import crowds do to their cars because once everybody does that, you're no longer a rebel. You're a follower, just now the ricers call you a redneck. It's all a matter of taste. I don't like putting 10k of ugly lookin mods onto my car to make it look like a starship when it only has 100hp, but I can understand the desire to make my car look better to me, or to take pride in my car and try to make it better. I don't get why they think some of that junk looks good, but hey, their choice. When they think it's fast because they put a wing on, now you're talking something that ticks me off. That's ignorance or just plain stupidity. [This message has been edited by Unit 5302 (edited 09-23-2001).]

09-23-2001, 02:11 PM	#9
Gautam Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Brampton, ON, Canada Posts: 298	Hi, Unit 5302: Amen to that brother! Bye! ------------------ Gautam N. Lad http://www.cubicdesign.com http://www.cubicdesign.com/mustang/

09-23-2001, 02:27 PM	#10
Mr 5 0 Conservative Individualist Join Date: May 1997 Location: Wherever I need to be Posts: 7,487	Unit: You're in good form today with that rant, and I agree that 'NOS'/'noss' has now become part of the performance-car jargon, like it or not, along with all the other contractions and nicknames for the various parts you mentioned in your post. I always refer to it as simply 'nitrous' and to the mechanically uneducated I use the full name; nitrous oxide but then I have to explain what that is and how it works so I usually just ignore the whole thing and say "it makes you go faster" which is all most non-performance people need to hear, anyway. A lot of the so-called 'ricer' stuff is really just a cross-over from American performance cars anyway. Spoilers were around for many decades (as you noted), and bigger tires, special wheels, scoops, etc are all part of the American muscle car scene and have been for ages. Even old 'Hot Rod' magaizines I've seen of '50's street cars ('50 Fords, mostly) show things like lowering, aftermarket wheels, fake hood scoops and big (chromed) duel tailpipes among other items, so this is rather old news. As you said, a lot of things you see on cars now are simply a matter of bad taste or ignorance but a lot of uglyness is out there too as a result of all that ignorance and poor taste.

09-23-2001, 02:51 PM	#11
Snakeman Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Grass Valley, CA, USA Posts: 1,389	i had one of those 'bumb@sses' ask if i was running "nitro"! I gave him a look like i hadn't a clue, and he says "you know, laughing gas" nitro... to avoid lengthy contact, I just nodded. L8! ------------------ Rob Wegner 90 LX 11.8 @ 118 98 Cobra #4699 12.9 @ 112

09-23-2001, 04:53 PM	#12
mustang marty gt Guest Posts: n/a	you are right unit i think my gt would look like crap, without my spoiler but it is'nt 40 inches high ,the old mach's , boss ,etc gto judge etc had them, yhe only one that had a rice was the superbird, but it worked for richard petty on the oval,but i wont put 500 word's, all over my car i like it gone in black.oh yes you can't just say someone is a redneck if they are southern, iv'e been all over the world, & have met idiot's from every state & country not jumping you , just stating a fact the last statement, really does not apply to what you said.see ya. ------------------ [This message has been edited by mustang marty gt (edited 09-23-2001).]

09-23-2001, 04:55 PM	#13
PGkelly Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 274	it's like people saying "Xerox" when they mean photocopy, or "Kleenex" when they want a tissue. and im sure nitrous oxide systems are very happy about it, since everyone is automatically associating them with nitrous oxide. ------------------ If it ain't broke, make it go faster AOL: MCVillain45

09-23-2001, 05:08 PM	#14
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	Thanks Mr 5.0 PG, Actually, the loss of a brand name recognition is a bad thing. It means when people ask for your companies product, they may receive a competitors product, or not recognize that your product is actually a brand name. Another example of this is laminate, which is very often referred to as "formica." When people shop for "formica" they think of it as a product, not a brand name so they really don't care if they buy the "Formica" brand, or "WilsonArt" or something else. [This message has been edited by Unit 5302 (edited 09-23-2001).]

09-25-2001, 11:53 PM	#15
Dark_5.0 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Staging lane Posts: 4,337	Who cares what you call it as long as you know what they are talking about. Try living in Texas there are dumb names for everything

09-27-2001, 08:15 AM	#17
PKRWUD Junior Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Ventura, California Posts: 8,981	Unit- That was pretty good. I haven't seen F&F yet, and really have a hard time associating anything nitrous with rice. But, it was still funny the first time I heard nitrous referred to as "noss". I spent years hanging out and racing at the street races in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. Nitrous was part of everybodies daily vocabulary. It was usually referred to as nitrous or N-O-S, and nitrous oxide by the newbies. It wasn't until I moved north to Ventura County, which is 1/10th the size of L.A., that I heard it referred to as "noss". It just sounded funny, like someone who didn't know what NOS stood for, and was treating it as an acronym out of ignorance. Oddly enough, it's the only acronym (or abbreviation) I can think of that wasn't acceptable. The street racers up here called it N-O-S or nitrous, but the wannabe's up here all called it "noss". This was 15 years ago, but to this day I still don't know any racers who call it "noss". I don't mean any disrespect to anyone who calls it "noss", it just sounds funny to me. Take care ~Chris P.S. You want to discuss our Super Bowl picks again? ------------------ Retired Moderator MustangNet My site: JimPorterRacing RACECAR spelled backwards is RACECAR HEY !!! Are you ASE Certified ??? If you are, ask me about iATN. The best tool you'll ever have, and it's free !!!

09-27-2001, 12:18 PM	#18
2FastLX The Photoshop Guru Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Mecca, Indiana Posts: 1,419	It's a little early in the season, but I'll say the Colts will be there =) How old is everyone in here that is getting pissed at the way these kids are saying N.O.S.? You ever stop to think you might just be getting getting old? I'm 30 and I notice stuff like that all the time. Fads come and go, kids learn new slangs on words, etc. No big deal. I always told myself when I was a kid that when I grow up I'm going to be more open minded toward fads that the younger people go for. I still catch myself asking "what the $%#@ was that??" all the time, but I try to not let it bother me. ------------------ Gunning for 12's! Buy your parts here ICQ# 42269241

09-27-2001, 09:33 PM	#19
rbatson Guest Posts: n/a	The only persons I've heard call it that is uhh.. I may have heard a ricer say that but that's it, besides that movie. I agree that is sounds stupid. Call it wantever you like but if you call it noss, we gonna call you hoss(heeh). Around here its referred to as spray ie: I'll race ya for $500!! Errr.. you spraying?! No Spraying! Pssst.. he got spray?? Yeah man, he spraying.. Also 'the juice' is used alot or 'the bottle'.

09-27-2001, 10:49 PM	#20
Hethj7 Mizzou Tigers Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: weston, MO United States Posts: 1,455	I agree with 2FastLX. It is just the new lingo, so what is the big deal. I have always heard of it as "noss" and I am 21. Granted, many people that use the term are uneducated and don't know that N.O.S. is a company, but I was once there too.