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Yurany21
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help!!
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Is shiny an adjective only for objects? or Can u say Shiny Kids? Is that correct? thanks for ur help: =D
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20 Aug 2010
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Petpet
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Dear Yurany,
seeing the word "shiny", a title of a great song came to my mind: Shiny Happy People (R.E.M.).
So, I �d say, one can use it about people.
The Urban Dictionary says so too - see David Bowie is shiny. - amazing, wonderful
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20 Aug 2010
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amyi
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Hello there! As a native speaker, my feeling is that you cannot use �shiny � to apply to a person. You could use it to describe eyes or skin, I suppose
The REM song gives us an example of a poetic use of the adjective, but it is not used in this way in common parlance.
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20 Aug 2010
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donapeter
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@ Amyi: I think the definition and the example given by Urbandictionary (see the link Petpet has given) says that it can be used applying to people. I am waiting for more opinions and links, anyway. |
20 Aug 2010
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libertybelle
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Never heard of a shiny person. But you can say someone �s nose is shiny!
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20 Aug 2010
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franknbea
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Hi Yurany,
A person can shine without being shiny
just as a person can drink without being drunk
A kid can shine without being a shiny kid
Even if he is a shining example he is still not shiny. |
20 Aug 2010
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Yurany21
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Thanks all of u for ur time =D |
20 Aug 2010
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ballycastle1
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I �ve never heard of a shiny person either. As Frank says, you can shine at languages for example (that is, be particularly good at them) but you can �t be shiny. |
21 Aug 2010
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Jayho
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I agree with Amyi, LibertyBelle, Frank & Ballycastle - they have given shining examples of current usage.
I must admit, I haven�t heard of most of the examples in the Urban Dictionary but that doesn�t mean that they aren�t used
Cheers
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21 Aug 2010
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SueThom
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I �ve never heard "shiny" used for people, either, but yup--there it is in urban dictionary and since it �s in writing AND on the Internet, it must be true, right? 
IMHO, franknbea--once again--gave a fine explanation.
Sue
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21 Aug 2010
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