by coolyourtools September 8, 2016

Coined by writer/artist Gerj Hadde T.M.F.U.
A clever take on the classic "Field-Niggah"/"House-Niggah" debate ever present in Black America.
This variety being one who can capably function in the "fields" of the culture of black folk, per se, while somehow also managing the "house" of an adverse greater society at large. A sort of human buffer-state; a conduit. Tool shed serving as metaphor for common ground, as he/she is often used, regarded -or taken advantage of- equally by opposing sides.
Tool-shed negroes are rare and generational. They usually have polarizing personalities and are of the intellectual/creative/free-spirited type (a lá James Baldwin, Michelle Obama, Kanye West et al.)
A clever take on the classic "Field-Niggah"/"House-Niggah" debate ever present in Black America.
This variety being one who can capably function in the "fields" of the culture of black folk, per se, while somehow also managing the "house" of an adverse greater society at large. A sort of human buffer-state; a conduit. Tool shed serving as metaphor for common ground, as he/she is often used, regarded -or taken advantage of- equally by opposing sides.
Tool-shed negroes are rare and generational. They usually have polarizing personalities and are of the intellectual/creative/free-spirited type (a lá James Baldwin, Michelle Obama, Kanye West et al.)
by Clara Blanqy March 14, 2019

by pattypatpancake November 16, 2009

by reem12 March 8, 2009

combo of smartest guy in the room meets sharpest tool in the shed. see those definitions separately as this shouldn't be a combined term. who knew tools were smart. newsflash...they're not and is the person that says this is quite frankly the smartest in the tool shed
by WAKESTAR June 2, 2018

Bro 1: Broseidon! Dave took my girl yesterday!
Bro 2: Really bro!? That guy is the biggest tool in the shed!
Bro 2: Really bro!? That guy is the biggest tool in the shed!
by Sepcial ED December 14, 2010
