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

Shades

Gary needs his shades because he’s been locked in the basement or chained to his computer so long he’s got go out and get some SUN🌞

I’m watching a commercial about how good vitamin D is for sleep! “Oh Gary needs his shades!!!!

by Driftthtbi%# September 7, 2021

shaded gizzard

When a girl queefs into your urethra hence inflating your balls.

Last week Samantha got me with a crazy shaded gizzard and my balls inflated like a hot air balloon.

by shaded gizzard November 29, 2024

Shade Nocturne

A grumpy dragon YouTuber, that likes ranting (reviewing) mostly bad but sometimes decent movies

Have you heard of Shade Nocturne?

by RacketyKnight October 31, 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

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

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