Talk:sunshine

Rude or malicious?
I don't think that necessarily describes the second usuage. There's an indication that the person speaking is a police officier speaking to a member of the public so there's again that feeling of inferiority. 2.97.174.197 13:20, 8 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree it's not malicious nor rude as much as over-familiar. I changed it to "used to an inferior or troublemaker". Perhaps someone else can do better. Equinox ◑ 13:22, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

RFV discussion: November 2022–February 2023
Verb: to flash the genitals. Equinox ◑ 20:31, 17 November 2022 (UTC)


 * There might be another verbal sense related to government bureaucracy and transparency (perhaps a reference to the or similar, example quotes:, , ). 98.170.164.88 03:16, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

RFV Failed, although it's on Urban Dictionary ... Like the IP said I found references to "sunshining a proposal" which would have very disturbing implications if our entry was accurate. Ioaxxere (talk) 01:33, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

have been in the sunshine = to be drunk ?
This appears in the Chambers 1908 dictionary. All I can find is a mention in George Eliot's "Janet's Repentance" (in from 1857): "that condition which his groom indicated with poetic ambiguity by saying that 'master had been in the sunshine'". Can anyone find any more? Note that also means to be drunk. Equinox ◑ 13:38, 13 December 2023 (UTC)


 * I found this, published in the July 1857 issue of Graham's Illustrated Weekly. Here is a snippet: "We [complied] another list of the cant associated with intoxication -- nearly every one of which has been taken from print, [or] jotted down from overhearing[:] Wet within was he and canty / Quite knocked up, and it was no wonder / For he had been in the sunshine; / Flushed, and splashed, and quite a picture[.]". CitationsFreak (talk) 01:53, 14 December 2023 (UTC)