[Ads-l] Green's: "shine someone on (v.)"

[Jonathan Lighter]

The early HDAS exx. of "shine it on" are mainly from California.

JL

On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 2:35 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> "(also put someone on (the) shine, shine it on, shine on someone) [euph.
> shit n. (1)]
> [1960s+] (US black) to ignore, to disdain."
>
>
> I'm familiar with "shine someone on," in my experience, the original
> phrase, and the later variant, "shine it on," with the meaning,"don't
> bother (about it), never mind, don't give it a second thought" or, to quote
> a line from the *movie* - it doesn't occur in the novel, I've been told -
> The Pawnbroker: "Cool it, baby! Don't get up tight!" The other two alsos
> I've never heard. If "[euph. shit n. (1)]" is meant to suggest an
> etymology, then it's nonsense. Don't nobody use no euphemisms in the 'hood.
> Y'all motherfuckers ought to know that.
>
> Don't Shine Me On - Part 1, Part 2 - 1963
> (Frank Robinson)
> Frankie & The Del Stars
> Foremost Record Company 785
>
> The record is later than the phrase, by about a year - who can really know
> when a catch-phrase originated? - and was not at all successful. I heard it
> only once. But, its lack of success makes it rare, rarity makes it
> collectible, and so it turns up on YouTube.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVEfXVP7gGo
> Part 1
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k2fX74qqUs
> Part 2
>
> --
> -Wilson
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