[LMB] AKICOTL: vocabulary, was book frustration

[B. Ross Ashley]

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:13:00 -0700, "MegJ" <megj at nwlink.com>
inquired:

> Laura says:

>> Right now I've gotten ALL side tracked on a) is there anything else
>> from our wishlists that we want to toss into the basket while we're at
>> it and b) ooh! I can set up category wishlists now! Shiny.
>  
>

> Is this use of the word shiny only derived from the tv show Firefly?  I
> had never heard it BF, but now I'm hearing it everywhere (and grinning
> every time I hear it).

> Megaera

Kiki the hyperactive ferret in the online comic strip "Sluggy Freelance" http://www.sluggy.com is easliy distracted by "... Oooooh, shiny!" shiny stuff.

The strip is fairly popular among fen, especially Baen's Barflies, and Kiki is several years older than "Firefly".

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