throw shade
(originally, LGBTQ slang) To subtly insult someone.
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(originally, LGBTQ slang) To subtly insult someone.
To begin with, I need to make it clear to those who don’t know that the throwing-shade, dissin’, “reading” style that carried Miss Camille to fame was a persona she assembled after years of ethnographically studying the mannerisms of ver…
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- shade83%
A subtle, witty insult. The art of shade is in saying something cutting without saying it directly. Originally from Black/Latino ballroom culture.
- shade81%
As verb: to throw shade. To insult someone subtly. Strong cultural standard.
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(LGBT slang) Indicating that no offence is meant, that the speaker is merely making an observation.
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(transitive, informal, US) To deliberately insult or aggravate (someone).
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(Irish, idiomatic, slang) To act tough or put up a front. For example, to threaten a person by making "karate chops" at them, without actually doing harm or knowing karate.