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Light bragging about itself, photons doing victory laps off any willing surface.
means Emitting or reflecting bright light, or figuratively excelling in a way impossible to ignore.
from From Old English scinan, to glow or be radiant, kin to German scheinen and the broader Indo-European root for sky-bright clarity.
Two flavorsStars emit it, mirrors merely steal it.
Kubrick claimHis 1980 film made the word quietly menacing.
Praise senseA shining example outshines without literal photons.