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Old 03-02-2021, 06:11 PM
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This guy has a different definition of NIP than me. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Estes-Andr... gPYKQ&LH_BIN=1
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Old 03-02-2021, 06:26 PM
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This guy has a different definition of NIP than me. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Estes-Andr... gPYKQ&LH_BIN=1


I think that abbreviation means Nearly Intact Packaging in this case.
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How about "New In Package".

Really, that's what it means.

NIP New In Package.

Nip it, Nip it, Nip it!

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Old 03-07-2021, 09:51 PM
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Not the best known definition. Especially to those around in the WWII era.
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Old 03-07-2021, 11:14 PM
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This guy has a different definition of NIP than me. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Estes-Andr... gPYKQ&LH_BIN=1



For those of us who grew up on the East Coast ( or at least in the Boston Area) a Nip was a small bottle of hard liquor ( think of those small bottles the airlines give, or used to give out ). One went to the packy to buy a couple nips. Apparently this guy tossed back a few before he wrote up the description for this kit.
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For those of us who grew up on the East Coast ( or at least in the Boston Area) a Nip was a small bottle of hard liquor ( think of those small bottles the airlines give, or used to give out ). One went to the packy to buy a couple nips. Apparently this guy tossed back a few before he wrote up the description for this kit.


I was going to go there but I did not think anyone would get it but you!
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Old 03-08-2021, 08:16 PM
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I was going to go there but I did not think anyone would get it but you!



I was surprised to learn that it was a very local term. Came up in a conversation not long after I moved out to Portland, OR., and no one knew
what I was talking about - they thought it was hilarious.
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I was surprised to learn that it was a very local term. Came up in a conversation not long after I moved out to Portland, OR., and no one knew
what I was talking about - they thought it was hilarious.


Maybe it's a Northeast thing? I'm pretty sure that I heard them called "nips" before I moved from NYC to MA, but that's too many years ago now to be certain. (Or maybe too many nips.)

I'm sure that they would have no idea what a "packy" is. That one was new to me when I moved.
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Maybe it's a Northeast thing? I'm pretty sure that I heard them called "nips" before I moved from NYC to MA, but that's too many years ago now to be certain. (Or maybe too many nips.)

I'm sure that they would have no idea what a "packy" is. That one was new to me when I moved.



It's understandable why a newcomer, upon hearing "We're gonna hit the packy before going to the party", would think a gentleman of Pakistani descent was about to get mugged.
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I'm sure everyone is familiar with "It's getting a bit nippy out here" in reference to cold weather. That was the cue to go in and have a drink to warm up....
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