Shining On

[Wilson Gray]

I got the other meanings from quotes in Google and Yahoo!  There's a
quotation from the Speaker of the California State Assembly. Who knew
that it would rise so high up the food chain? The only other meaning
that I know from the '60"s is the positive, "Shine it on!" in the
sense, "Don't let him/her/it get to you!" or "Tough it out!"

Is there really a useful distinction between brushing a person off and
ignoring a person?

-Wilson

On Jul 10, 2005, at 12:08 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> That's the only sense I'm familiar with.
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> JL
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> carole crompton <crompton at SOVER.NET> wrote:
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> In my crowd, shining some one on meant ignoring them. (LA in the 60's).
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> On Saturday, July 9, 2005, at 08:37 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>> Some here may remember a post in which I told of failing to note the
>> information regarding a piece that I heard on my car radio, presumably
>> entitled, "Don't Shine Me On," because my mind was otherwise occupied
>> with inventing the term "pimpmobile" and imparting it to my ace boon,
>> who was riding in the death seat. Thanks to Google, I can now impart
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>> all the formerly-lacking information.
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>> The name of the piece *is* _Don't Shine Me On_. It was recorded in
>> 1963
>> on the Foremost label by an otherwise unknown group called Frankie &
>> The Dell Stars." It's a recitation in which Frankie attempts to talk
>> three chicks, presumably the Dell Tones, into taking a ride with him.
>> The chicks discuss his proposition and one asks, "Should we shine him
>> on?" The other two reply, "Yes. Let's shine him on." Hearing this,
>> Frankie exclaims, "Don't shine me on!" and proceeds to list places in
>> the local L.A. area that he would be happy to drive them to. The end.
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>> As currently used, "don't shine me on" means "don't scam/scan me,
>> don't
>> bullshit me,' etc. The original meaning is clearly, "Don't brush me
>> off."
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>> -Wilson Gray
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