VERB:
To act weird in public just for
grins. To play a
practical joke. To try to freak people out by calculatedly
bizarre behavior. To mess with peoples' minds.
NOUN: The act itself.
"We like to
noss whenever we're in a crowd."
"Don't mind me, I'm just
nossing."
"Do you think his act was serious, or was it just a big noss?"
"I noss, therefore I'm weird."
Term coined in
Indianapolis, Indiana in early 1970's.