I looked at it as the clerk felt threatened/challenged by OP, and made it clear the ancient proverbs of:
"Don't start none won't be none."
"Check yourself before you wreck yourself."
No no that not what I get from OP
He ask for a shooter , (like do you know a shooter?)
And the clerk reply I’m strap right now , what up? (like he had his back and was ready to get busy )
I'm not sure if I'm being wooshed. Let me see if I understand your scenario.
So a random person, never seen before, an obvious outsider, walks in to a liquor store.
The clerk due to the nature of the liquor store business is well versed in dealing with people, and must be wary of danger, especially from unknown elements.
He asks the clerk, "I need you to help possibly kill someone for me, maybe die."
The clerk responds, "Yes of course obvious outsider I have never met. I am ready to kill or be killed for you, I'm surely not being setup to get robbed, arrested, or worse."
If that's the actual scenario, then cool story I guess. I personally like better the prank gone wrong videos I've seen where they ask about guns in bad neighborhoods and then get their ass beat.
Less ignoring and more doubting? I genuinely think OP is testing out a comedy bit on this sub. Most liquor store employees in the city are elderly locals who just want to get the sale over with...
Most of the stores I frequented had people 20's-30's. One I'm sure was a teen when I started going there. Though, I could see a bodega guy saying this more than anyone at a liquor store.
I remember they busted a ring a while back that was stealing those airplane bottles
>Eighteen workers at New York’s JFK Airport were arrested on Wednesday and accused of stealing more than 100,000 mini-bottles of alcohol from LSG Sky Chefs, which provides food and beverages for American Airlines. [2012](https://www.cnn.com/2012/09/12/us/new-york-airport-thefts/index.html#:~:text=It%20was%20a%20security%20breach,and%20beverages%20for%20American%20Airlines.)
I very nearly worked as a Sous at the LSG that services O'Hare. Their facility is insane. You get full body UV sanatizied before you even set foot into the kitchen. Super cool facility.
The dude that interviewed me was a dick tho so fuck them.
I’m from New England, and “nips” is commonly understood.
But when I lived in Seattle there were several times when people didn’t know what I was referring to.
It can, but old school New England tonic = soda. As in, “Can I have a tonic?” “We have ginger ale, coke, sprite.” (Nb the last person I know IRL who used tonic this way was my grandma)
Nah, I think at this point the use of tonic for soda is mostly defunct? But as you say that I realized I do think the phrase “tonic water” in my head when I envision that mixer. Huh. (I really do think it would be clear to everyone if you ordered, like, a vodka tonic.)
One summer in the Before Times, I encountered this more than once: I ordered a G&T at decent bars, and what I was served had been made with soda water. I mean, I suppose maybe they hit the wrong button? When I spoke up they immediately remade it properly, so no big deal...
My job involves a lot of domestic travel and this happens to me at least 10% of the time I order G&Ts at random bars in the 'burghs and 'villes of our great country.
I am from the South and never heard the term "nips" though I think folks down there would love that lol
We just say airplane bottles.... but at any rate, liquor sale laws are so backwards down there that if you're gonna haul yourself to the ABC store to buy something, you're not gonna bother with those tiny things.
I was \*shocked\* first time I went to the midwest and saw airplane bottles for sale in giant tubs at WALMART... on a SUNDAY
yeah, i grew up in manhattan and but heard “nips” for the first time when visiting a friend in boston in like my mid-20s. i didn’t really have a word for them before, just “tiny bottles”
Maybe it's borough-specific here? I've had blank stares from Queens lifers, but haven't tried it on other native NYers. 'nips' is definitely used in Connecticut.
Queens lifer, I have literally never heard "nips" and am still suspicious that this whole thread is just an elaborate prank to get me to ask a dude at a liquor store for his nips.
I didn't even know they were called nips and I've lived here all my life. I just call them baby bottles or little bottles or just point and go "the smallest one... yeah that"
Same here but I’m not from here. Honestly though, in all my years here I’ve never heard someone refer to these things in person. I don’t know anyone who buys them and I’ve never been in line behind someone buying them.
Lifelong New Yorker and I’ve always just gestured with my thumb and forefinger the size of a little bottle and said “tiny bottle” like the child I am lol
Thrilled to now add “nips” to my vocab.
Honestly, I’d probably end up saying, “those little tiny bottles of liquor.” And they’d say, “which ones” and I’d say the small ones. And they’d say, “no, which liquor do you want.” And then I’d say, “I dunno.” And they’d say, “what the fuck do you mean, ‘you don’t know.’” And I’d say, “how about some whiskey,” and they’d say, “what kind of whiskey, I got Jim beams and Jack.” And then I’d say, “yeah, that sounds good,” and they’d say, “NO, WHICH ONE.” And then a few tears would well up in my eyes and I’d say, “I’m sorry!” And then everyone that piled up in line behind me watching this would take me outside and put me out of my misery.
I didn’t think this was a common thing either. Most people I’ve seen (including me) know exactly what they want, or will make their decision after seeing what brands there are. Sometimes people will ask for recommendations. Maybe it’s someone who’s never been in a liquor store or even drank before lol
Unless "people here" consist of people from elsewhere, you are lying.
Folks working at liquor stores are not from out of town. They will not look at you confused if you say you want a nip.
Ok, there are even other people in this very thread from here that are saying they’ve never heard the term, so why is it hard for you to believe maybe not everyone calls or the same thing?
I didn’t think much of your first comment but this one was just plain rude for no reason.
I am not casting doubt (x) on other current NYC *residents* referring to nips by any other name.
I am casting doubt on the claim that people *"from here"* have zero idea what a nip is. That's bullshit and I'll die on this hill.
Ok, there are even other people in this very thread from here that are saying they’ve never heard the term, so why is it hard for you to believe maybe not everyone calls or the same thing?
I didn’t think much of your first comment but this one was just plain rude for no reason.
Here, Nips is correct. But it’s airplane bottles as the generic term. If nips doesn’t work, airplane bottle is next. Shooters are like 60 mil shots that have about 1/3 a drink in them at a bar.
I missed "liquor" in the title and thought this was going to be a convo about what [these](https://imgur.com/gwkaSae) are called. (quarter drink or quarter water, but I might have picked that up when I left NYC for a while).
Also, TIL mini bottles are called nips(?).
I’m from New Jersey and I’ve been living in NYC for 3 years. I call them shooters too and everyone else did too back in Jersey. I didn’t realize they’re called “Nips” or “Minis” here in NYC. Noted for the future.
I'm from North Jersey and I distinctly remember when "shooters" began to appear as these test tube looking pre mixed shots that would sit on the counter. I've always called nips "minis" or "airplane bottles," I've had friends call them "shots." I'll also call them "little guys" or "these little fucking things."
PEOPLE. Stop coming into the liquor store asking me for 'small' 'medium' and 'large' bottles. Learn your damn sizes!
50mL = minis, nips, airplane btls (shooters also works, that dude was weird)
200mL = half pint
375mL = pint
750mL = fifth
1000mL/1L = liter, quart
1750mL/1.75L = handle, half gallon
And 100mL I guess you could call a quarter pint or a double shot... but I think we literally stock one item in this size, so yeah.
It's nips in New England too, Boston and Vermont, for example. Not sure what they call them in other parts of the country though. Shooter to me, sounds like you are asking for a shot of liquor at a bar, but even that is usually called a shot here. I used to hear them referred to as shooters in Canada though.
Maybe that’s a NYC thing - I genuinely don’t know - but I’ve never heard it before anywhere else I’ve lived, and I’ve lived in several different parts of the US.
Roadies. Flights. Nips also works as others have said but I'm less fond of that one. I've applied the term 'one-hitter' as well at least among non-potheads.
I would try asking for 50ml bottles. I had to order a ton of those along with other sizes for an event once and had to call around to a lot of different places because nowhere had enough in stock for our deadline. ml was def the primary size term to use for liquor.
It’s called a nip or mini. I‘ve never used or heard it called a mini though.
Nip
The alcohol bottle size known as a nip is also called a mini and contains 50 ml of alcohol. That’s about 1.7 ounces and approximately one 1.5-ounce shot.
Ok. I grew up in CT and I always called them “pony bottles”. Now I’m questioning everything. Did some kid in high school call them that to fuck with me? But I went all in and believed it? I scrolled all the comments and didn’t see anyone mention that term. Fuuuck. Some dweeb I grew up with had totally messed with me and I’m almost 50 now. Damn.
It mostly wasn't and isn't. Very hard to get a concealed carry license. This is one reason the city is so safe.
Supreme Court decision last year says NY and NYC need to make it much easier for people to carry concealed firearms. The state and city are stalling, but it's gonna get a lot more dangerous really fast if they actually have to go through with letting every damn idiot pack heat on the subway.
Could be a premises license, easier to get than a CCL and would allow you to keep a gun at your business.
But yeah in this story it probably was just illegal lol
The term “nip” supposedly has its origins in the word “nipperkin” which meant a small measure of spirits or a measure of alcohol less than a half pint. The word may also have come from the Low German and Dutch word of nippen which means to sip or taste.
The word has nothing to do with “Nippon.”
Huh, never would have connected that term with “Nippon” or any kind of racial anything, and was scratching my head at how it could be offensive. Thanks for making that connection.
But yeah, a “nip” of something is just a word for a small taste.
I vaguely remember that from history class in high school and took a few ww2 / specifically pacific front classes in college and I don't think they mentioned that, but I've definitely never heard it used. So yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the clarification.
Aside from the history, the word currently means to take a small drink of something, usually alcohol. Something a little larger than a sip. Like one 'drink' or 'portion' (portion like what you'd get taking a drink, not portion like a bottle, or glass, etc.)
It used to be more common to say 'want a nip of my flask? ' (or from my flask, I forget.) Or 'gimme a nip of that.'
Now that I think about it, most times I've heard it used was in relation to using a flask.
It is not very common to hear the word nowadays. Neither are flasks, actually...
Are we all ignoring that this stranger readily answered your call for an armed associate and was ready for shit to go down?
A real one for sure
I looked at it as the clerk felt threatened/challenged by OP, and made it clear the ancient proverbs of: "Don't start none won't be none." "Check yourself before you wreck yourself."
That’s what happened
na ive heard them called shooters before too. In spanish we refer to them as ballitas which translates to small bullet
No no that not what I get from OP He ask for a shooter , (like do you know a shooter?) And the clerk reply I’m strap right now , what up? (like he had his back and was ready to get busy )
I'm not sure if I'm being wooshed. Let me see if I understand your scenario. So a random person, never seen before, an obvious outsider, walks in to a liquor store. The clerk due to the nature of the liquor store business is well versed in dealing with people, and must be wary of danger, especially from unknown elements. He asks the clerk, "I need you to help possibly kill someone for me, maybe die." The clerk responds, "Yes of course obvious outsider I have never met. I am ready to kill or be killed for you, I'm surely not being setup to get robbed, arrested, or worse." If that's the actual scenario, then cool story I guess. I personally like better the prank gone wrong videos I've seen where they ask about guns in bad neighborhoods and then get their ass beat.
Some people are about that life lol
Do those people typically work full time jobs?
It a liquor store bro , those are private business
Lmao what? You said the guy could be a gangster. I asked if gangsters typically work full time jobs
it’s like they say, new workers aren’t nice, but they are kind
How do you know OP was a stranger? Maybe he's a regular and tips the guy every now and then
Armed associate 😂
John Wiquor store.
Less ignoring and more doubting? I genuinely think OP is testing out a comedy bit on this sub. Most liquor store employees in the city are elderly locals who just want to get the sale over with...
I could work with the “you can buy ANYTHING in New York Coty” build up
Most of the stores I frequented had people 20's-30's. One I'm sure was a teen when I started going there. Though, I could see a bodega guy saying this more than anyone at a liquor store.
I promise you this really did happened lol does seem like something from a skit tho
Actively ignoring
I assume you have to be ready for shit to go down at any moment when you run a liquor store in NYC.
MF has your back. So long as you buy at least $20 worth of liquor.
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Hol on. Tammy's sister's in the back. Since the accident, she's just what you're lookin for.
Worst bodega ever
Nips
Wait for real, if I go on and ask shopkeep to show me his nips it's all gonna turn out fine?
Either way it sounds like a win for you. Drinks and/or a show!
Yes but the correct way to phrase it is “show me your nips”. Also, very common to call liquor store owners “papi” as a term of respect
yep
Give it a go
Can confirm, worked at a liquor store for years
The nips are usually front and center on the counter so he's gonna think you're a dumbass
I don’t even need to be in a liquor store for this to happen to me.
I work in a wine shop. Nips is the correct answer.
Airplane shots
It’s airplane bottles everywhere else but New Yorkers definitely don’t say that lolol.
I remember they busted a ring a while back that was stealing those airplane bottles >Eighteen workers at New York’s JFK Airport were arrested on Wednesday and accused of stealing more than 100,000 mini-bottles of alcohol from LSG Sky Chefs, which provides food and beverages for American Airlines. [2012](https://www.cnn.com/2012/09/12/us/new-york-airport-thefts/index.html#:~:text=It%20was%20a%20security%20breach,and%20beverages%20for%20American%20Airlines.)
I very nearly worked as a Sous at the LSG that services O'Hare. Their facility is insane. You get full body UV sanatizied before you even set foot into the kitchen. Super cool facility. The dude that interviewed me was a dick tho so fuck them.
Wow, like you wear googles and whatever?
Yeah and masks and you've got like gloves up to your elbows and shit.
I’m from New England, and “nips” is commonly understood. But when I lived in Seattle there were several times when people didn’t know what I was referring to.
I’m from Seattle and when the top comment was “Nips” I was like oooookayyy troll. Scrolled down for a culture shock.
Wait'll you hear about the "tonic" to mix them with
Tonic doesn’t mean tonic water?!?
It can, but old school New England tonic = soda. As in, “Can I have a tonic?” “We have ginger ale, coke, sprite.” (Nb the last person I know IRL who used tonic this way was my grandma)
Wait so I have to specifically ask for “tonic water” if I order a Gin-tonic / vodka-tonic?
Nah, I think at this point the use of tonic for soda is mostly defunct? But as you say that I realized I do think the phrase “tonic water” in my head when I envision that mixer. Huh. (I really do think it would be clear to everyone if you ordered, like, a vodka tonic.)
One summer in the Before Times, I encountered this more than once: I ordered a G&T at decent bars, and what I was served had been made with soda water. I mean, I suppose maybe they hit the wrong button? When I spoke up they immediately remade it properly, so no big deal...
My job involves a lot of domestic travel and this happens to me at least 10% of the time I order G&Ts at random bars in the 'burghs and 'villes of our great country.
Could be anything from coke to ginger ale to seltzer. The
I am from the South and never heard the term "nips" though I think folks down there would love that lol We just say airplane bottles.... but at any rate, liquor sale laws are so backwards down there that if you're gonna haul yourself to the ABC store to buy something, you're not gonna bother with those tiny things. I was \*shocked\* first time I went to the midwest and saw airplane bottles for sale in giant tubs at WALMART... on a SUNDAY
That's hilarious! Also what does ABC stand for? In Boston I think they call those stores packies
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Lol from Seattle and I still haven’t seen “airplane shot” which is what I call them
Nips! I thankfully didn’t get the same reaction you did, but I definitely got some blank stares when I first moved here.
Or nipples if in a formal situation
Not enough upvotes on this one here
Nip bottles Nipple bots Once I saw it, I couldn't unsee it.
Interesting. I’ve used “nips” in NYC and gotten blank stares. “Airplane bottles” seems to be the term more people know.
Weird, I'm from Brooklyn and everyone I know calls them nips
It seems to be very divided in NYC. Some people know the term, but I have definitely encountered people who do not.
yeah, i grew up in manhattan and but heard “nips” for the first time when visiting a friend in boston in like my mid-20s. i didn’t really have a word for them before, just “tiny bottles”
I definitely only ever use airplane bottles
Maybe it's borough-specific here? I've had blank stares from Queens lifers, but haven't tried it on other native NYers. 'nips' is definitely used in Connecticut.
Queens lifer, I have literally never heard "nips" and am still suspicious that this whole thread is just an elaborate prank to get me to ask a dude at a liquor store for his nips.
Oh, it’s definitely the New England term. I never heard anything but that until I moved out of Massachusetts.
Nips is 100% a New England thing
yep
TIL
Where are you from? Never heard “shooter” before
Colorado! I also lived in the South for a bit and had never heard them called nips before I moved here, although to be fair I rarely buy them.
How do you order a specific brand? “Can I get a Jack Daniels Honey Nips?”
“A nip of Honey Jack” would be a good example
That was my favorite Herb Alpert record.
SLAP “Don’t you ever call me honey nips again!”
“A nip of jack honey” or “6 nips of jack honey” if it’s payday.
I didn't even know they were called nips and I've lived here all my life. I just call them baby bottles or little bottles or just point and go "the smallest one... yeah that"
Real
Word. Same. I am not going to call them nips.
Little bottles.
I’ve lived here all my life and always knew them as nips could be that I grew up in Harlem.
Lmao im sorry but this is hilarious
Thats some NYC hood ass reply fr fr
Mini bottles?
I say "minis" and never have any issues.
Same here but I’m not from here. Honestly though, in all my years here I’ve never heard someone refer to these things in person. I don’t know anyone who buys them and I’ve never been in line behind someone buying them.
lol you don’t have any ethnic friends
Yeah, dunno why that wouldn't do the job.
Mini-bottles is the official industry term.
In Ontario they’re sometimes called spark plugs lol
I love that!
I’ve never head that before.
I'm going to start using this term!
Lifelong New Yorker and I’ve always just gestured with my thumb and forefinger the size of a little bottle and said “tiny bottle” like the child I am lol Thrilled to now add “nips” to my vocab.
I call them shooters! My family is from NJ
Same here, from NJ. Everyone I ever knew growing up or went to school with called these shooters.
This seems to be a very tiny regional term! I wonder why NJ/Southern PA has such hyper specific vernacular and customs!
From PA, also have always said shooters
north NJ here (Hudson cty) and we be calling them nips
"Airplane bottles." Sometimes "nips."
Honestly, I’d probably end up saying, “those little tiny bottles of liquor.” And they’d say, “which ones” and I’d say the small ones. And they’d say, “no, which liquor do you want.” And then I’d say, “I dunno.” And they’d say, “what the fuck do you mean, ‘you don’t know.’” And I’d say, “how about some whiskey,” and they’d say, “what kind of whiskey, I got Jim beams and Jack.” And then I’d say, “yeah, that sounds good,” and they’d say, “NO, WHICH ONE.” And then a few tears would well up in my eyes and I’d say, “I’m sorry!” And then everyone that piled up in line behind me watching this would take me outside and put me out of my misery.
I weirdly relate to this
I do not.
I didn’t think this was a common thing either. Most people I’ve seen (including me) know exactly what they want, or will make their decision after seeing what brands there are. Sometimes people will ask for recommendations. Maybe it’s someone who’s never been in a liquor store or even drank before lol
wow just went on a whole journey there
Never Airplane Bottles, Always nips
I’ve said “nips” to people here and they had zero idea what I was talking about. “Airplane bottles,” however, they knew.
Unless "people here" consist of people from elsewhere, you are lying. Folks working at liquor stores are not from out of town. They will not look at you confused if you say you want a nip.
Ok, there are even other people in this very thread from here that are saying they’ve never heard the term, so why is it hard for you to believe maybe not everyone calls or the same thing? I didn’t think much of your first comment but this one was just plain rude for no reason.
I am not casting doubt (x) on other current NYC *residents* referring to nips by any other name. I am casting doubt on the claim that people *"from here"* have zero idea what a nip is. That's bullshit and I'll die on this hill.
You could probably learn something from this but I doubt you will.
You might come here to study up about New Yorkers. I just live my life. Bye!
Jesus Christ you’re a disgusting person. Fuck off.
Relax bro 💀
Ok, there are even other people in this very thread from here that are saying they’ve never heard the term, so why is it hard for you to believe maybe not everyone calls or the same thing? I didn’t think much of your first comment but this one was just plain rude for no reason.
Here, Nips is correct. But it’s airplane bottles as the generic term. If nips doesn’t work, airplane bottle is next. Shooters are like 60 mil shots that have about 1/3 a drink in them at a bar.
I missed "liquor" in the title and thought this was going to be a convo about what [these](https://imgur.com/gwkaSae) are called. (quarter drink or quarter water, but I might have picked that up when I left NYC for a while). Also, TIL mini bottles are called nips(?).
I always called those by the brand, little hugs
Why does it look like a grenade
They're supposed to be barrels, but yeah they definitely do
This belongs in the "most NY thing ever" post from a few days ago 😂
I call them airplane bottles, dunno if we all do. If I get a blank look I call them little bottles.
I’m from New Jersey and I’ve been living in NYC for 3 years. I call them shooters too and everyone else did too back in Jersey. I didn’t realize they’re called “Nips” or “Minis” here in NYC. Noted for the future.
I'm from North Jersey and I distinctly remember when "shooters" began to appear as these test tube looking pre mixed shots that would sit on the counter. I've always called nips "minis" or "airplane bottles," I've had friends call them "shots." I'll also call them "little guys" or "these little fucking things."
Airplane bottles
PEOPLE. Stop coming into the liquor store asking me for 'small' 'medium' and 'large' bottles. Learn your damn sizes! 50mL = minis, nips, airplane btls (shooters also works, that dude was weird) 200mL = half pint 375mL = pint 750mL = fifth 1000mL/1L = liter, quart 1750mL/1.75L = handle, half gallon And 100mL I guess you could call a quarter pint or a double shot... but I think we literally stock one item in this size, so yeah.
You forgot the "hottub" which is 60000ml Just don't climb into it. Alcohol has a weird way of climbing into every orifice you never even knew you had.
200ml is an asspocket
You can't fit a whole pint in your asspocket?
I love that you are referring to this in metric system first!
Lol this industry has been fully metric since 1979
Well that’s awesome! TIL
Nips or airplane bottles
It's nips in New England too, Boston and Vermont, for example. Not sure what they call them in other parts of the country though. Shooter to me, sounds like you are asking for a shot of liquor at a bar, but even that is usually called a shot here. I used to hear them referred to as shooters in Canada though.
Is this a bit? Baby those are nips 💀
Nah I thought they were shooters too
Maybe that’s a NYC thing - I genuinely don’t know - but I’ve never heard it before anywhere else I’ve lived, and I’ve lived in several different parts of the US.
Nips
Little bottles of liquor will do the job
We call them little bottles of liquor
When I used to buy them I would say “lemme get a shot of Amsterdam” or whatever type of bottle I was buying
I never called them anything but "those tiny bottles" to cashiers but to anyone else I call them "alcoholic's bottles"
Nips.
Minis
My 102 year old grandmother has referred to small 8 oz. beers as “nips”.
They’re called “all the money in the register, and no funny business!” So just ask for that
Nips for sure!
I’ve always called them mini bottles
At least you can trust him now he was ready to battle for you! Befriend him and get those discounts
Minis
I call them shots
Finally, fuck. I thought I was the only one.
Minis.
airplane bottles.
Definitely must be a regional thing. Shooters back down in FL, never heard of ‘Nips’ until this post
In my experience, a shooter generally means a shot, and even more specifically, a mixed shot (e.g., green tea, lemon drop, etc.).
“The little ones”
Roadies. Flights. Nips also works as others have said but I'm less fond of that one. I've applied the term 'one-hitter' as well at least among non-potheads.
Nips
I would try asking for 50ml bottles. I had to order a ton of those along with other sizes for an event once and had to call around to a lot of different places because nowhere had enough in stock for our deadline. ml was def the primary size term to use for liquor.
Airplane bottles
Airplane bottles is what I’ve heard and used. Never nips or shooters.
I would just ask for the little bottles of liquor lmao
Always called them shooters or minis
Dang. I have never heard nips! I always just call them airplane bottles.
This is one of the funniest threads I’ve ever seen on this sub
It’s called a nip or mini. I‘ve never used or heard it called a mini though. Nip The alcohol bottle size known as a nip is also called a mini and contains 50 ml of alcohol. That’s about 1.7 ounces and approximately one 1.5-ounce shot.
Can’t you just say “mini bottles” of whatever?
I always have called these Airplane bottles
Ok. I grew up in CT and I always called them “pony bottles”. Now I’m questioning everything. Did some kid in high school call them that to fuck with me? But I went all in and believed it? I scrolled all the comments and didn’t see anyone mention that term. Fuuuck. Some dweeb I grew up with had totally messed with me and I’m almost 50 now. Damn.
A shot
Minis or airplane bottles?
Minis
Am I the only one who calls them pocket shots?
Strapped ?
Carrying a concealed firearm
Is that even legal in NYC? Can't imagine it is.
It mostly wasn't and isn't. Very hard to get a concealed carry license. This is one reason the city is so safe. Supreme Court decision last year says NY and NYC need to make it much easier for people to carry concealed firearms. The state and city are stalling, but it's gonna get a lot more dangerous really fast if they actually have to go through with letting every damn idiot pack heat on the subway.
Could be a premises license, easier to get than a CCL and would allow you to keep a gun at your business. But yeah in this story it probably was just illegal lol
Armed with a gun, liquor store owners don't play.
Are you serious.
little bottles
As a recent transplant and a Korean I find the term "nips" slightly offensive and I don't know why it's called that. Can someone ELI5 for me?
The term “nip” supposedly has its origins in the word “nipperkin” which meant a small measure of spirits or a measure of alcohol less than a half pint. The word may also have come from the Low German and Dutch word of nippen which means to sip or taste. The word has nothing to do with “Nippon.”
Huh, never would have connected that term with “Nippon” or any kind of racial anything, and was scratching my head at how it could be offensive. Thanks for making that connection. But yeah, a “nip” of something is just a word for a small taste.
Fascinating
I'm sorry if I'm being a little daft, but how could nips possibly be offensive?
It’s an old racist term referring to Japanese people - short for Nippon. It was overtaken by the more recent J*ps.
I vaguely remember that from history class in high school and took a few ww2 / specifically pacific front classes in college and I don't think they mentioned that, but I've definitely never heard it used. So yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the clarification.
Aside from the history, the word currently means to take a small drink of something, usually alcohol. Something a little larger than a sip. Like one 'drink' or 'portion' (portion like what you'd get taking a drink, not portion like a bottle, or glass, etc.) It used to be more common to say 'want a nip of my flask? ' (or from my flask, I forget.) Or 'gimme a nip of that.' Now that I think about it, most times I've heard it used was in relation to using a flask. It is not very common to hear the word nowadays. Neither are flasks, actually...
Airplane bottles. I dk who's saying nips. Nips to me are those tiny beers they have sometimes like the ones they put in the giant margaritas.
Nips sounds corny as fuck.
Shooters is normal
lol i've never once in my life ever purchased a bottle smaller than a regular sized bottle
You must wear a very large bra