Definition of shiny
shiny
- I believe this use of shiny developed on the Colorado College campus, and have no idea if it has reached beyond that. It started out being used to mean "distracting in a good way," it's definition has now expnaded to include "very good." It is often used in place of other slang words like "cool."
I didn't get my work done because I was distracted by all kinds of shiny people.
More words meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun
by Heather H., Colorado Springs, CO, USA, Feb 13 2003 (Edit definition)
- - also made popular by Joss Whedon's TV show Firefly. Ex: "Everything's shiny, Captain." Kalee to Captain Mal, explaining that ship is not about to crash.
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- shiny: big and shiny
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