Robert
"shotgun!" = "catch!" ? I saw a guy throwing the car keys to someone, shouting: "Shotgun!". What kind of gun did he mean? Thanks in advance!
Oct 30, 2014 8:46 AM
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This is pretty common amongst friends. The person who calls "shotgun" has the privilege of riding in the front passenger seat (ie. the shotgun position). If a group of friends are walking towards the driver's car, the first one to call shotgun gets to ride in front. In your example, the person throws the keys to another person (="you're the driver") and calls "Shotgun!" (= "I'm in the front passenger seat."). If there were only two people, then this would be a little comical.
October 30, 2014
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding_shotgun Have a look at this link which explains the practice of "riding shotgun". I am guessing that this is the context of "shotgun" here. However, a front-seat passenger usually "rides shotgun", not a driver, so I don't quite fully understand why the passenger was thrown the car keys in this situation.
October 30, 2014
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