Talk:Shooter (drink)
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Vulgarities edit
"The names of shooters are quite varied, and some of them incorporate vulgarities for shock value and word-of-mouth advertising."
I know nothing about drinking culture. What would be a few examples of this? Sigil93dotNet (talk) 06:17, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
- "Slippery nipple" 142.181.247.43 (talk) 15:06, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
A shot is not always a mixed drink edit
Note that "shot (alcohol)" is a redirect to this article. However, this article is entitled "shooter (mixed drink)" and says that a shooter is a mixed drink. It seems pretty obvious that sometimes people will drink a "shot" of alcohol that is not a mixed drink – for example, it is common to drink a "shot" of whisky. Obviously, whisky is not a mixed drink. It seems like there should either be a different article created for the concept of a "shot", or the scope of this article should be broadened to include non-mixed drinks. Which is better? I notice that there is a "shot glass" article, but that is primary about the glassware, not the drink itself. Should "shot (alcohol)" become a redirect to "shot glass" instead of a redirect to "shooter (mixed drink)"? (However, I believe that in informal discussions, it is possible to refer to drinking a shot of something without necessarily meaning that a shot glass will be used.) —BarrelProof (talk) 23:43, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
- I made some changes on the relevant pages. "Shooter" is a neologism that isn't even in the dictionaries yet, whereas "shot" is an ancient term. So there's bound to be some confusion. Wahrmund (talk) 01:51, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
- This is a confusion that seems to have developed only in recent years. Before that, a shot was known universally as a single-portion of any kind of spirits. Shooters have (since at least the 1980s) meant a mixed drink intended to be drunk in a single gulp. 142.181.247.43 (talk) 15:11, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
"Molotov Cocktail (shot)" listed at Redirects for discussion edit
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Molotov Cocktail (shot) and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 December 3#Molotov Cocktail (shot) until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 18:10, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
"Captain Kinger" listed at Redirects for discussion edit
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Captain Kinger and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 December 3#Captain Kinger until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 18:13, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
Images of unknown drinks? edit
There are images of drinks not mentioned in the article. Shouldn't they either be removed or have their descriptions added? 84.250.167.255 (talk) 15:36, 13 August 2023 (UTC)