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

[Andy Bach]

> was from Trenton, NJ, and the person that I knew who used "Shine it on"
the most was a childhood friend from StL.

I have only heard it used by a couple of guys in Alaska - who were from
Buffalo (and proud of it).  It seemed to mean "to skip out or not show up
for" some meeting or responsibility.

On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 1:56 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> > mainly from California.
>
> The only place that I ever heard it, before hearing it a few times on TV in
> the last dekkid, was Los Angeles. But, since everybody in L.A. is from
> somewhere else, the first person that I heard use it - in the phrase, "[He]
> shined my black ass on!" - was from Trenton, NJ, and the person that I knew
> who used "Shine it on" the most was a childhood friend from StL.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 11:04 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > 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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