a person who shoots; a type of video game; a small alcoholic drink
From shoot + -er suffix, where shoot comes from Old English scēotan
Shooter has evolved from describing marksmen to video games to cocktails! It's amazing how one word can span from the Wild West to your local bar.
Mass violence perpetrators are overwhelmingly male; language defaulting to 'shooter' without gender specification can obscure or normalize male violence patterns in public discourse.
Specify gender when relevant to reporting, but avoid gendered assumptions about who commits violence.
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