Posted by Mark (leave feedback to contact me) on February 16, 2006 at 20:28:13:
In Reply to: origin of the term "shot" glass posted by guest on February 14, 2006 at 08:55:10:
Another origin story that I have heard was that the name shotglass comes from the sound made by slamming the glass down on the table after a drink -- it sounds like a gunshot.
Like most of the other explanations that I have heard, this offers an "early" origin for the word, but since the word was not written down before about 1950, it is not likely to be true.
Mark
: I noticed some type of explanation on the front page for the orgin of the term "shot" glass. Has anyone heard that a small glass was placed next to a plate after a hunting party. While eating the wild fowl / game that had just been peppered with birdshot the lead peelets would be disposed in the small glass next to the plate. Thus the term "shot" glass, a receptacle for lead pellets (shot) discharged from a shotgun.