What's on your mug?

Anything good.

"What is that book like?" "Shiny" "How about lunch?" "Shiny"

By Two Morons in Oriliia

This is used to describe something that's very cool

(After seeing Spiderman 2) "That movie was shiny!"

By Half-mad Bastard

something interesting or distracting, generally used when it deverts attention from a task This usage comes from the phenomenon of birds (particularly crows) being attracted to shiny objects.

Sarah was going to write her paper, but Myspace looked shiny. "Wasn't Brian with you?" "He saw something shiny and wandered off."

By AMS325

Used by fans of the TV (short lived) show Firefly, to describe an idea/something that one likes (instead of saying brilliant, awesome, cool, neat, rad...?). Shiny is used especially if the idea or thing is new or bright. Not used so much to describe old things or things that look old.

That big damn movie Serenity was so shiny!

By Chiya

Any object in a video game that exists (usually solely) for the purpose of collecting it. So named because of the objects' tendency to shine or glow.

"You've died at least five times while trying to get that shiny! Damn your shiny lust!"

By Cehrazad