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Light's way of showing off, bouncing off a surface that refuses to absorb it.
means Reflecting light brightly, often because a surface is smooth, polished, or new.
from From Old English scinan, to shine — itself tracing back to a root meaning to glow or be bright, shared with Greek and German cousins.
Pokemon slangA rare recolored creature hunters chase obsessively.
Smoothness rulesSurfaces shine when bumps are smaller than light's wavelength.
New-thing magnetShiny object syndrome names our fatal love of distraction.