nitrous oxide
noun
: a colorless gas N2O that when inhaled produces loss of sensibility to pain preceded by exhilaration and sometimes laughter, that is used especially as an anesthetic in dentistry and as a fuel, and that is an atmospheric pollutant and greenhouse gas produced by combustion
called also laughing gas
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Evil Dentists There was also a Weeknd who seemed to be addicted to nitrous oxide.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Doe is the second former staffer to raise concern about West’s alleged nitrous oxide use, after his former chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos claimed that celebrity dentist Thomas P. Connelly was hooking West up with copious amounts of laughing gas for recreational use.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
Galaxy Gas is just one of many nitrous oxide brands, and on social media the name has become a catchall term for nitrous oxide products featured in hundreds of videos showing young people inhaling the gas to get high, with potentially dangerous consequences.
—Alex Clark, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024
But without a food ingredient in the canister, dispensing the charger emits just the nitrous oxide.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Doe is the second former staffer to raise concern about West’s alleged nitrous oxide use, after his former chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos claimed that celebrity dentist Thomas P. Connelly was hooking West up with copious amounts of laughing gas for recreational use.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
Galaxy Gas is just one of many nitrous oxide brands, and on social media the name has become a catchall term for nitrous oxide products featured in hundreds of videos showing young people inhaling the gas to get high, with potentially dangerous consequences.
—Alex Clark, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024
But without a food ingredient in the canister, dispensing the charger emits just the nitrous oxide.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Nitrous oxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nitrous%20oxide. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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