Social Shade

Giving someone "the look" or commenting/throwing shade when someone is less that six feet from others than family members/SO.

Bitch threw social shade all over me and my BFF for the the pics we posted on insta this weekend.

by GenXtra66 March 18, 2020

Shade

Judgementalism, Judging Someone, Casting Judgement,

a real asshole casts shade

by bongdongle March 25, 2019

Upping a shade

It is a phrase that is used to describe the process of darkening one's skin.

A synonym for this phrase is tanning.

Person 1: Wow...you are really white.
Person 2: Not for long! I'm working on upping a shade.
Person 1: Nice

by raisindisliker June 15, 2011

Shadeful

Very shady and slightly sensual!

Did you see how Josh made out with that guy like 5 minutes after we arrived? He is being so shadeful!

by Benzzieezz July 11, 2020

New Shade

Cool/Hip before you know it's cool/hip

Hey Dude - WTF are you wearing? Is that NEW SHADE

by Birdy1959 July 26, 2016

Contour shading

The aplication of light and dark make up one to two shades lighter and one to two shades darker than your base foundation to create highlights and low lights to create more contour than would normally be visible.

See; "Easy nose contour" YouTube
See; "Need a 6 pack ASAP" ticktock
See; "Honest Donald Trump makeup recreation" YouTube
See; "How to contour Abs- make muscles pop in 5 min" youtube

You could build a house on Kim Kardashians foundation, she uses so much product contour shading.

by Modern Women May 24, 2025

shade assassin

Meaning one: Kenya Moore from the real housewives of Atlanta

Meaning two: someone so good at shade that it’s impossible to get shaded back

Example one sentence: doesn’t this bitch know that I’m the shade assassin

Example two: she’s literally a shade assassin no matter what she says I can never get her with a good comeback

by I’m winning December 4, 2021