" shiny "

 [ "shiny" ]

1: To be good, in a state of being good, to be having a good time.

  * e.g.,  ... How are you today? 

 [ "shiny" ]

2: (See Firefly)

  * e.g.,  ... Shiny. 

 [ "shiny" ]

1: (interjection) cool, nifty, awesome, pretty, amazing, wonderful, great, remarkable... etc.

  * e.g.,  ... "Hey, what do you think of my new car?" 

 [ "shiny" ]

1: Something or someone that is good, awesome, wonderful, amazing. (See all other positive synonyms.)

  * e.g.,  ... "David Bowie is shiny." 

 [ "shiny" ]

1: Shiny - good in any way, shape or form.

 [ "shiny" ]

1: Anything good.

  * e.g.,  ... "What is that book like?" 

 [ "shiny" ]

1: This is used to describe something that's very cool

  * e.g.,  ... (After seeing Spiderman 2) "That movie was shiny!" 

 [ "shiny" ]

1: something interesting or distracting, generally used when it deverts attention from a task

  * e.g.,  ... Sarah was going to write her paper, but Myspace looked shiny. 

 [ "shiny" ]

2: This usage comes from the phenomenon of birds (particularly crows) being attracted to shiny objects.

  * e.g.,  ... "Wasn't Brian with you?" 

 [ "shiny" ]

1: Used by fans of the TV (short lived) show Firefly, to describe an idea/something that one likes (instead of saying brilliant, awesome, cool, neat, rad...?).

  * e.g.,  ... That big damn movie Serenity was so shiny! 

 [ "shiny" ]

2: Shiny is used especially if the idea or thing is new or bright. Not used so much to describe old things or things that look old.

 [ "shiny" ]

1: Any object in a video game that exists (usually solely) for the purpose of collecting it. So named because of the objects' tendency to shine or glow.

  * e.g.,  ... "You've died at least five times while trying to get that shiny! Damn your shiny lust!" 

 [ "shiny" ]

1: A slang term for "great" used in the television series "Firefly" and the movie "Serenity".

  * e.g.,  ... Voice #3: "Shiny -- A slang term for "great" used in the television series "Firefly" and the movie "Serenity".