[Ads-l] Green's: _shine someone on_ (v)

[Wilson Gray]

(also put someone on (the) shine, shine it on, shine on someone)
[euph. shit n. (1)]
(US black) to ignore, to disdain.
1968-

I'm familiar with _shine someone on_ "brush someone off, snub,, refuse
a request," etc. and _shine it on_ "ignore it, don't let it bother
you, shake it off," etc.

The UD:
To shine on
To decline an offer. Probably derived from cops or emergency people
waving traffic past an accident scene at night with flashlights.
["Probably"? Nuts!]
He tried to hit on me but I just shined him on.
by YOGI April 09, 2004

As chance, would have it, I've made three attempts to submit this
phrase to the UD and, three times, they, to quote the mother of a
friend of mine, "shined my black ass on," saying that the phrase was
"too old" to be accepted as a relevant instance of the lingo of the
youth of today. My mistake was that I noted when I had first heard the
expression, ca. 1962, and provided a dated reference.

Frankie & The Del Stars ‎– Don't Shine Me On - Part 1, Part 2
https://www.discogs.com/Frankie-The-Del-Stars-Dont-Shine-Me-On-Part-1/release/9880224
Label: Foremost (2) ‎– 785
Released: [May] 1963

Subjective Impact of an Industrial Training School - Page 30
https://books.google.com/books?id=8VRqEICR5CwC
California Youth Authority. Division of Research - 1964 - ‎Snippet view
Every time we seen each other, he said hello, but I come up here and
saw him for the first time since I been here. . . . and he just
_shined me on_ and says "Make it." So I took off. I'm gonna have
trouble with him, I know that.

Subjective Impact of an Industrial Training School - Page 77
https://books.google.com/books?id=8VRqEICR5CwC
California Youth Authority. Division of Research - 1964 - ‎Snippet view
Hugh-- If he's got no friends, they'll _shine him on_.

Subjective Impact of an Industrial Training School - Page 131
https://books.google.com/books?id=8VRqEICR5CwC
California Youth Authority. Division of Research - 1964 - ‎Snippet view
How staff can help a boy to adjust to his peer group was described by
one boy: David-- When I first come here, I had a little trouble. No
one talked to me, at first. IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL "SHINED YOU ON?"
Yes, sir.

>From Association to Guilt: The Group Guidance Project in Juvenile ...
https://books.google.com/books?id=wpk8AAAAMAAJ
Malcolm W. Klein - 1968 - ‎Snippet view - ‎Page 390
T. _shined him on_, discouraged his participation. Now what the hell
kind of counseling is that?

Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series - Page 543
https://books.google.com/books?id=DzEhAQAAIAAJ
1966 - ‎Read
SHINE HER ON; w & m Eddie Lynn (Edward Lynn) [copyright] Eddie Lynn; 21Apr64

East West: The Chinese-American News Magazine - Volume 7 - Page 3
https://books.google.com/books?id=6V0_AQAAIAAJ - 1973 - ‎Snippet view
So, like this group, any group may not dig your vibe, tune you out, or
even _shine you on_. You feel put down and your ego is messed up.
-- 
-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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