An irrational affinity for shiny objects. When a highly shiny object is seen by the sufferer it often may induce a compulsive need to claim it and several minutes of staring at said object in the sun. This will later end in the sufferer pocketing the object to add to his/her collection by a sunny windowsill at home. If a shiny object is ouside of a sufferer's grasp it will usually result in an strong, though usually short-lived obsession over it.
Me: Master Chief's armor wasn't nearly as shiny as you said in the Halo 3 trailer.
Ray: yea it is it is sooooooooooooooooo shiny
Me: Magpie syndrome
Like a magpie is attracted to shiny objects, the cock magpie is a girl (or guy) who just loves the cock. The cock magpie is commonly found surrounded by disproportionate amounts of male genitalia.
Aaron: "I can't believe Mark got out with that girl last night"
Tom: "Yeah i know, she's such a slag. It'd be like throwing a hotdog down a corridor...."
Matty: "She's always like that, she's a real cock magpie. She just loves the cock"
Someone who hangs at the train station or bus stop or anywhere public all daylong, usually asking for a cigarette, spare change or pocket lint. Usually unemployed and unemployable, using nothing but slang, and usually impossible to get rid of, until threatened with violence.
Called magpies because if they have gotten it once, they'll expect it again, and again, regardless of who it is.
Person 1 : Yeah, so anyway, me and this chick...
Magpie : 'Ey man, u gutta spare smoke i can borrow??
Person 1 : No, go away
Magpie : Please man, i havent had one all day...please....
Person 1 : I saw you smoking 10 minutes ago, fuck off
Person 2 : GO AWAY you fucking mapie
Magpie : Pleeaase man, i'll pay you back
etc
A method by which some users choose their path through websites, i.e., by clicking on the "shiny" buttons and links, with little regard for the information architecture or existing navigation hierarchy.
We made the happy path buttons larger and bright blue to facilitate magpie navigation.