Shiny people?

[Bob Wright]

What does the term "shiny people" mean? I've seen that on a couple of posts and have no idea what folks are referring to.

Bob Wright

 

[Dan in MI]

The most common that I know of refers to fans of the short lived "Firefly" TV series. One of the many phrases used in the show.

 

[ChiefMuzz]

A quick google search (because my only tv watching is relegated to sports or criminal minds) shows that it is used in place of the word "cool" in the series, meaning good.

 

[wwb]

I have a cousin who's as bald as a cue ball..... if you saw him standing in the sun without a hat, you would be forced to admit that he's 'Shiny".

And I still say that "Browncoats" are guys who wear Carhartt jackets.

 

[Jeepnik]

Ahh, but my Carhartt jacket is blue. Does that make me a Bluecoat? Can't be I'm from the south.

 

[win1894s]

Brown coats like Hitler's Brown shirts ?

 

[toysoldier]

Maybe it is a snide reference to the commercial where a gal gets a golden glow when she gets a new credit card. It's been spoofed in a "badda-book, badda-boom" commercial.

 

[Snake45]

The most common that I know of refers to fans of the short lived "Firefly" TV series. One of the many phrases used in the show.

Yup, that's it. Used much like people use "cool" or "great" today. :wink:

 

[coach]

Personally I was just making an observation about all the people flocking to and excited about the royal wedding. You can’t even turn on the tv and not see something about it. I even briefly caught a piece about the wedding cake not being a traditional fruit cake last night. Just a semi-sarcastic comment in my case.

 

[caryc]

Personally I was just making an observation about all the people flocking to and excited about the royal wedding. You can’t even turn on the tv and not see something about it. I even briefly caught a piece about the wedding cake not being a traditional fruit cake last night. Just a semi-sarcastic comment in my case.

I should be excited about the royal wedding because ????? I can't really think of anything that I'd like to hear less about. For the life of me, I can't see why people here in the U.S. would care about or have the slightest interest in something like that.

Actually I haven't seen anything about it on TV but then I don't watch the news or anything like that.

 

[tinman]

Never heard it used in this manner until the advent of the short-lived TV series Firefly........for those of y'all that don't already know, it's a really good "space-western".

https://youtu.be/8q_lsRLJhcA

 

[cas6969]

I've never heard "shiny people" applied to Firefly fans.


There is "Shiny Happy People", an annoying R.E.M. song from 1991. Not sure what it meant then either, just glad I wasn't one.

 

[Snake45]

I've never heard "shiny people" applied to Firefly fans.

You have at least once. You replied to a thread with that in the title. :wink:

 

[cas6969]

Both threads full of bad information.

 

[Snake45]

Both threads full of bad information.

True. But none of it from anybody truly shiny. :wink:

 

[Kevin]

Is that girl supposed to be pretty with her hook nose... asymmetrical smile and eyes? I guess her hair is nice?

If that is an example of “shiny” .... well.... no comment from me. You know, if you can’t say something nice, better to say nothing....

 

[Snake45]

Is that girl supposed to be pretty with her hook nose... asymmetrical smile and eyes? I guess her hair is nice?

If that is an example of “shiny” .... well.... no comment from me. You know, if you can’t say something nice, better to say nothing....

Kaylee was a bright, optimistic "girl next door" type who was a mechanical genius and fiercely loyal to her family. Anyone who wouldn't have found her attractive just ain't hooked up right.

And no, she's not supposed to be "an example of shiny." "Shiny" was sort of her catchphrase.

 

[WendyZXZ]

Is that girl supposed to be pretty with her hook nose... asymmetrical smile and eyes? I guess her hair is nice?

If that is an example of “shiny” .... well.... no comment from me. You know, if you can’t say something nice, better to say nothing....

Kaylee was a bright, optimistic "girl next door" type who was a mechanical genius and fiercely loyal to her family. Anyone who wouldn't have found her attractive just ain't hooked up right.

And no, she's not supposed to be "an example of shiny." "Shiny" was sort of her catchphrase.

Kaylee has always been one of my favorites and is a lovely woman. My husband has always said of all the characters she is the one I most remind him of, but with a streak of Zoe and Jayne mixed in!

 

[tinman]

Is that girl supposed to be pretty with her hook nose... asymmetrical smile and eyes? I guess her hair is nice?

If that is an example of “shiny” .... well.... no comment from me. You know, if you can’t say something nice, better to say nothing....

My, ain't we just the special person.....

 

[Kevin]

Oh you know, her looks aren’t important. I don’t know her or the show y’all are talking about. I suppose I was seeing if I could rile some folks up here. Those who like the show seem to be very adamant about talking up the show and cast members.

Not to worry, like I said, I’ve never even heard of the show, so I don’t have an opinion one way or another.

 

[vito]

Before this thread I never heard the phrase "shiny people". In the Stephen King novel "The Shining", one character calls his ability to sense things, a type of ESP, as "shining".

 

[graygun]

Before this thread I never heard the phrase "shiny people". In the Stephen King novel "The Shining", one character calls his ability to sense things, a type of ESP, as "shining".

That was Scatman Crothers' character.

 

[Colonel Daddy]

Never heard the word except in reference to a shiney object, whatever it may be. And I agree fully with Caryc's post. I stopped being concerned with royal weddings in 1776! Grrrrrrrrrrrr