[Ads-l] money shot

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yes.

JL



On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 2:53 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

> I would think that the 1989 cite from the L.A. Times included in the HDAS
> entry (s.v. “money shot”, adj., 2) for the narrowed meaning relating to
> umfilms and videos of a certain character might be antedatable.  Or is that
> the 1977 “derivative sense” you mention (but don’t illustrate below)?
>
> LH
>
> > On Jul 28, 2020, at 10:21 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > HDAS found a derivative sense from 1977.  The basic sense seems to be "a
> > shot (in any sense) likely or deserving of bringing in money."
> >
> > A winning or exceptionally accurate golf shot:
> >
> > 1921 _Evening Public Ledger_ (Phila._  (Feb. 8) 16: Miller got home with
> a
> > screaming iron, the best shot of the day." ... "That is a money shot,"
> > explained Maxwell...."Right in the bank."
> >
> > 1960 _Progress-Bulletin_ (Pomona, Calif.) (Jan. 10) III 1: [Caption:]
> MONTI
> > "MONEY SHOT" - Eric Monti of Los Angeles rifles an iron shot out of the
> > rough on the first hole Saturday in the L.A. Open.  The ball stopped
> three
> > feet from the cup but his putt for a birdie refused to drop.
> >
> > 1960 _Salt Lake Tribune_ (Sept. 13) 16: Billy climaxed his tremendous
> round
> > with a great eagle on No. 18. This was the money shot. It meant $2,800 to
> > the Provo pro.
> >
> > "A chance to make much money, as in a boxing match":
> >
> > 1940 _Cumberland [Md.] News_ (Jan. 24) 13: He never won a fight in this
> > country, but I got him a couple of great money shots just like he was a
> > winner.
> >
> > 1960 _Press-Democrat_ (Santa Rosa, Calif.) (March 11)  13: Gonsalves
> > retired after a recent loss to Paolo Rossi, but announced later he was
> > always available for "money shots."
> >
> > It's hard to look for because of the preponderance of "an even-money
> shot"
> > (a fifty-fifty bet or chance) and "big money shot" (a chance for big
> money).
> >
> > JL
> >
> >
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