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

Swagga Shades

Swagga Shades are sunglasses with vibrant digital graphics that brings unlimited options for style, fashion and trend to everyone.

www.swaggashades.com

"Dang Man, Where'd you get them shades?"
"Oh theses right here!? They be Swagga Shades from swaggashades.com"

by SwaggUP November 2, 2011

Brandon Shade

Brandon shade is a athletic freak dunking at the age of 13 stands at 5’10 and only in the 8th grade!
He has a big foot and as they say big feet equals big meat and any girl that wants it can get sum

Brandon Shade is a tall athletic guy

by Big meat B March 2, 2023

shade-y

racism by way of continuing to work on mostly or all-White teams; particularly relevant to creative & casting teams

"let me know if they're being shade-y at auditions for Beauty and the Beast... they better not use "but they were French" as an excuse to only call back the White girls!"

"Psh, they really said "sassy best friend from across the tracks" in the character breakdown. Shade-y."

by SusanGreg March 7, 2023

Shadee

Shadee is shadee

Woah do you see shadee

Yea he’s pretty shadee
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

by Shadee February 5, 2023

Fifty Shades of Gay

Fifty Shades of Gray, but the gay version

Guy 1: "dude lets watch fifty shades of gray"
Guy 2: "you mean fifty shades of gay"
Guy 1: "no wtf"

by AdeemI November 4, 2023

Comparing Shades of shit

When two things are both shitty and awful, but someone wants to whataboutism something else shitty.

Youre just comparing shades of shit.

They both are shit. It's not a competition. Stop trying to one up shit. If they're both shit. Stop splitting grey hairs.

Jess is an unemployed loser
Yeah but what about your bother John.

You're just comparing shades of shit.

by tepest January 2, 2024