throw shade

throw shade
 v. phr.— «Don’t…suggest that all that being “out” is simply about whether or not one is masculine, discreet or attending the balls, hitting the clubs, writing checks, throwing shade, stabbing our supposed friends in the back or sleeping around.» —“Noah’s Arc Butches Up” by Kenneth Winfrey Keithboykin.com Nov. 14, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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