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In an article on the rodeo there is mention of the "cool lingo" and it cites this: >>Every sport has its groupies. 'Buckle bunnies' or 'shiny brights' are names for the young, unattached women smitten by cowboys.<< Any body ever heard these before? (Keepin' the focus on the words, of course!  )
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Nope--ain't very many rodeos 'round these-here parts! Dang, you know what? Either of these would have made a good Hogwash word--I, at least, would never have guessed them.
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Those of you who have never been to a rodeo would probably not understand buckle bunny. Rodeo riders aspire for prizes, many of which are silver buckles, often hand-made by artisans for a particular rodeo.
And these things can be just huge. I've seen guys in Cheyenne WY walking around wearing buckles (mostly oval shaped) as much as eight inches wide by five or six inches high. It makes SOME sense that rodeo groupies would be attracted tot he guys with the biggest buckles.
Shiny bright prolly refers to the youthfulness of the individual lady.
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Shiny bright prolly refers to the youthfulness of the individual lady.
Or perhaps also to the bright, shiny qualities of the buckles or the relative intelligence of the ... oh look shiiiinyyyyy
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shiny brights = christmas tree decorations in Merkin English, nah?
The stretch to decorative (and possible brittle, shallow, unthinking) bimbos is surely not so tough? I notice googling the term it also gets usage to describe what an English novelist termed Bright Young Things - so perhaps the connotation of youth is also implied.
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shiny brights = christmas tree decorations in Merkin English, nah?
Nah, or at least I've never heard that before.
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from a google search: OrnamentsSet of 12 Vintage Christmas Ornaments - Shiny Brights $ 9.99 Set of 12 Vintage Christmas Ornaments - Shiny Brights. 10 Vintage Shiny BRITE Christmas ... www.cirrusdance.com/LE33835P2-Ornaments.html - 23k - Supplemental Result - I just assumed this must be widespread from the frequent recurrence, but maybe not. What say the cru?
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I thought it was a brand name - never heard it used as a generic term for ornaments. But then I've led a sheltered life, so there's a lot I haven't heard. 
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> never heard it used as a generic term for ornaments.
yup. me, too, neither.
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But ornaments would fit in well with the rodeo version too.
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