Meaning of throw shade | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To subtly insult someone.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, shade.

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Examples

“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 vernacular black culture, especially black gay sub-culture, and most especially the culture of the black queen.”

“Wait⟳, 1989 is actually really, really good. It feels genuine, and only slightly entitled, and mostly awesome. You like⟳ how it throws shade, but not too much shade.”

“And while the meeting made headlines in other ways -- like⟳ when POTUS left the queen waiting for 10 minutes on live⟳ TV as he was running late -- no one picked up on the subtle shade Queen Elizabeth may have⟳ thrown at Trump on three separate⟳ occasions.”

“First we pick⟳ out an overhang which will throw⟳ shade most of this time, but at the same time will not cast⟳ too much shade during those hours which are not overheated.”

“A neighbor once asked me to remove⟳ a tree that threw shade onto his plot.”

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