money shot
noun
1
: the scene in a pornographic movie in which a male actor ejaculates
2
: a very important, impressive, or memorable picture or scene
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The Duffer Brothers clarify one crucial aspect of the reveal, while the star shares his unlikely inspiration for the money shot.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
The showroom that sells the car Back on the first floor sits the money shot of the building: Ford's product showroom.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
Swift announced on Tuesday that she’s getting married to Travis Kelce, and Blondie was kind enough to give us the money shot too: her gorgeous diamond ring.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2025
But the true money shot was a spectacular sequence set in The Sandman’s HQ, a glistening sand castle, with light filtering through a glass kaleidoscope in the ceiling.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
The showroom that sells the car Back on the first floor sits the money shot of the building: Ford's product showroom.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
Swift announced on Tuesday that she’s getting married to Travis Kelce, and Blondie was kind enough to give us the money shot too: her gorgeous diamond ring.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2025
But the true money shot was a spectacular sequence set in The Sandman’s HQ, a glistening sand castle, with light filtering through a glass kaleidoscope in the ceiling.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
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“Money shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/money%20shot. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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