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- Riding_shotgun abstract "Riding shotgun refers to the practice of sitting alongside the driver in a moving vehicle.The expression "riding shotgun" is derived from "shotgun messenger", a colloquial term for "express messenger", in the days of stagecoach travel the person in the position next to the driver. However, apparently the phrase "riding shotgun" was not coined until 1919. It was later used in print and especially film depiction of stagecoaches and wagons in the Old West in danger of being robbed or attacked by bandits. A special armed employee of the express service using the stage for transportation of bullion or cash would sit beside the driver, carrying a short shotgun (or alternatively a rifle),[citation needed] to provide an armed response in case of threat to the cargo, which was usually a strongbox. Absence of an armed person in that position often signaled that the stage was not carrying a strongbox, but only passengers.More recently, the term has been applied to a game, typically played by groups of friends to determine who rides beside the driver in a car. Typically, this involves claiming the right to ride shotgun by being the first person to call out "shotgun". There may be other rules involved in the game, such as a requirement that the vehicle be in sight, the person to "say" "Shotgun" must officialize the comment through any form of telecommunications, provided the journey is going to be within the next 24 hours.The phrase has been used to mean giving actual or figurative support or aid to someone in a situation or project, i.e. to "watch their back".".
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- Riding_shotgun subject Category:American_cultural_conventions.
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- Riding_shotgun comment "Riding shotgun refers to the practice of sitting alongside the driver in a moving vehicle.The expression "riding shotgun" is derived from "shotgun messenger", a colloquial term for "express messenger", in the days of stagecoach travel the person in the position next to the driver. However, apparently the phrase "riding shotgun" was not coined until 1919.".
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