What exactly does the "Paiste shimmer" sound like to you?

I always hear about the famous Paiste shimmer, and I think I've had it wrong all these years. I never loved the sound of Paistes in person---only on recordings, miked up. To me, they always had this pervasive sound that was like a table saw ripping through a plank. It was angry, tonal, and super, super harsh.

It's occurring to me now that that offensive sound of industrial machinery might in fact be the shimmer. Is that correct?

If it is, then "shimmer" seems to me like a terrible descriptor. To me, "shimmer" is something like "shhhhhhh", like foam sizzling after a wave crashes. It's not how I would describe, say, a dental drill.