no shot

English

Etymology

Possibly from shot (“an opportunity or attempt”) or as a euphemism of no shit.

Phrase

no shot

1. (slang) No chance or possibility (expressing amazement and disbelief of an event).

   Synonym: no way

   No shot!!! I just won the lottery!

   • 2022 February 6, @olisbff, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 September 2023:

     Wordle 232 1/6 […] WHAT THE FUCK??? NO SHOT??? HOW THE ACTUAL FUCK DID I MANAGE

   • 2022 April 2, u/ericmok100, “Kaijin Kaihatsu-bu no Kuroitsu-san - Episode 8 discussion”, in Reddit‎^[2], r/anime, archived from the original on 27 September 2023:

     Haha no fkin shot, his brother is the Dr. This is the best twist ever.

   • 2023 February 12, u/CmickG, “DR DISRESPECT - FANDUEL SUPERSTAR SHOWDOWN”, in Reddit‎^[3], r/DrDisrespectLive, archived from the original on 27 September 2023:

     I was like "actual? low key bro no shot she said that, right?"

   • 2023 September 21, @KJpixel14, Twitter‎^[4], archived from the original on 27 September 2023:

     No shot you just responded to a tweet from three years ago how did you even find that😭

   • 2023 September 22, @KibbleCog, Twitter‎^[5], archived from the original on 27 September 2023:

     no shot they added rage queue prevention to mario kart💀

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no,‎ shot.
   • 2022 September 12, Stephanie Nolen, “Monkeypox Shots, Treatments and Tests Are Unavailable in Much of the World”, in The New York Times‎^[6], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-11:

     While there is no shot specifically for monkeypox, data from trials with nonhuman primates suggested that vaccines against the closely related smallpox virus might also prevent transmission of this one.

Anagrams

• no-host, Hoston