Money Shot (or, 'on another taboo topic')

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 5/21/2003 8:16:56 AM Eastern Standard Time,
andrew.danielson at CMU.EDU writes:

> 'Money shot' has application and meaning in several realms of discourse
> - e.g., sports, music, or any other endeavor where a well-timed success,
> or the action that guarantees success, is important enough to warrant
> it's own term.  The article linked and quoted below ascribes the term to
> the porn industry.

"Money shot" is such an obvious synonym for "pay-off move" etc. that it quite
likely arose independently in several different fields.

>>From MSNBC.com's "The Juice", an arts and culture cum gossip column:

Were you aware of the double-entendre in the above line?

           - Jim Landau