laughing gas

noun

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Like many other women she's since encountered, Schwartz posted online to share her traumatic experience, asking why women’s pain has been normalized in gynecological procedures to the extent that no anesthetic or laughing gas is offered for relief. Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 31 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 Nitrous oxide is a colorless and odorless gas — also known as laughing gas, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Jonathan Limehouse, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Sep. 2024 Aside from being a waste of time (and in some cases, extra money), laughing gas also comes with serious safety risks to consider. Jenna Ryu, SELF, 9 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for laughing gas 

Word History

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of laughing gas was in 1818

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“Laughing gas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laughing%20gas. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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