Rachel Sklar

In September 2005, I was three things: the media blogger for 'FishbowlNY,' a maniacal Daily Show fan, and the only person to smuggle a tape recorder and camera into a big Magazine Publishers of America event featuring Jon Stewart interviewing five hotshot magazine editors in an unbelievable bloodbath.

Canadian Lawyer

Graham Moore

Everyone remembers the pop-quiz hotshot bit from 'Speed' because it's extremely funny, and it's really smart and really witty. And the notion that action movies can have dialogue that pops just as well as the explosions is something that I hope more people continue to remember.

American Writer

Robin Leach

Tatiana Alvarez, who also became a queen of the wheels of steel in L.A., has now sold her incredible cross-dressing, reverse 'Tootsie' story to Warner Bros. in Hollywood, and hotshot producers Mike Medavoy, Brian Medavoy and Erwin More have reunited to turn it into a movie.

English Writer

Hollis Stacy

I was a hotshot as a junior. When I was 18, I really got into fiddling around. I completely lost interest in golf, and I guess all I could think about was going to college, getting married and having babies.

American Athlete

Frank Quattrone

I thought I was kind of a hotshot because I had had two years of work experience at Morgan Stanley, and I was about to get my Stanford M.B.A.

American Businessman

Bo Burnham

If I was confronted with some 20-year-old American hotshot, I'd hate him.

American Comedian

Used often in work environments to describe highly skilled individuals.

Professional Jargon

Can imply a person might be overly confident in their abilities, besides being talented.

Possible Overconfidence

In movies, hotshots are often portrayed as main characters that are expertly skilled.

Cultural Reference

Specific to transportation and logistics industries.

Industry Terminology

Suggests priority and speed in delivery services.

Urgency Implied

Unlike the other uses, here it refers to a fast service, not a person.

Not People

Can come across as negative, hinting at arrogance or cockiness.

Negative Tone

Often used informally among friends or in popular media.

Casual Speech

 gonna have to scavenge for water and go on these water collections and she was putting in three to four hours a day I said what are you gonna do with all this extra time you're gonna have more time for homework and she looked at me like she cuz I don't need more time for homework I'm the smartest kid in my class so I was just like all right hotshot what are you

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 So after a while, she just went quietly back to her desk, sat there with none of her skills being put to use, of course, being ignored by most people, and of course, still getting paid millions of dollars. This hotshot employee who can't seem to catch a break

Hotshot