throw shade
v. phr.— «You might be better off asking for phone numbers than throwing shade. It’ll ultimately be more productive than lying about yourself on Match.com.» —“pragmatic idealism” by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Loudpoet.com June 20, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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