something that is old, dirty, a little over-used,
messy or otherwise slightly over-loved! can aslo describe a
person in an
ironic way see example 2 below!
EXAMPLE 1
person 1:that table is old,
like an antique
person 2:yes it's quite shabby
EXAMPLE 2
person 1; person 2 you are not too shabby(meaning you are not too
bad)
person 2: that shall be our word and we will make it
cool, shabby