A ‘shadow type’ is your secondary (often unacknowledged) romantic ‘type’. It isn’t the exact opposite of your usual type, just different and maybe more unexpected or embarrassing. Most peopledon’t even know they have a shadow type until they start noticing a pattern they didn’t expect in the people they crush on/date.
“My type is usually wholesome, bubbly and athletic but my shadow type is definitely mean goths”
“I’m kind of surprised to hear about you and Dorian, I didn’t realise you were into sickly artsy boys”
“Honestly neither did I, but he’s like the third guy I’ve had a thing with this year who looks and sounds like a Victorian ghost. I think that’s my shadow type”
A traveling salesman or sales representative that wines and dines clients in order to push whatever average or mundane product he is selling. He is usually named something like Mark, is the life of the party, puts everything in the corporate card, and speaks with a northeastern US or New England accent.
“Hey man, wanna catch the game somewhere tonight?”
“I would, but some Mark type got us court side seats at the game. He’s trying to sell us some new product, I don’t know.”