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.