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"Throwing shade", or the art of the ambiguous insult - jazzboCR - 17-05-2015
The key point here is deniability but definite if subtle understandability--words or gestures that can be explained 2 ways. Originating and still much used in marginalized or disenfranchised populations (gay folks, Black women). Here's a NY Times Magazine article explaining it with some terrif examples:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/magazine/the-underground-art-of-the-insult.html Unfortunately like everything else mass culture (for which read, "Cauc culture") gets its hands on, it's being ruined (subtlety lost, etc.).
"Throwing shade", or the art of the ambiguous insult - xample - 19-05-2015
There are lots of new slang words today, just recently I've discovered 'on fleek' which means perfection, top notch lol
"Throwing shade", or the art of the ambiguous insult - jazzboCR - 19-05-2015
xample Wrote:There are lots of new slang words today, just recently I've discovered 'on fleek' which means perfection, top notch lol
That's only one of many meanings for this "word"; here's some others: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fleek My first thought when encountering a new word or term is "Check the the Urban Dictionary"--never done me wrong.