My daughter at college is getting roasted by her non-New England friends for calling the little 50ml single-serving bottles of liquor “nips.” Time for a #poll – what do you call these bottles? (if another name, leave a reply) #dialect #slang #regionalisms
Nips
41.9%
Shooters
0%
Singles
0%
Airplane Bottle
58.1%
Poll ended at .
@mielcarz we used to call 7 oz beers nips. Liquor bottle of that size, airplane bottles
@Posterdan @mielcarz Oh yeah, I’ve heard that phrase used that way. But still, never ever heard anyone say airplane bottle.