- Gloss
- "Greedy / Materialistic"
- Definition
- Describing someone (often a woman) who is overly attracted to wealth or material things.
- Example
- "She is a shine-eye gyal."
- Origin
- Descriptive.
As a derogatory term, Shine-eye is one you'll likely come across in real Jamaican speech. Try the Jamaican Patois translator to see it in a sentence, or head back to the lexicon index for more words like it.