Shadow box

To fight an imaginary opponent or issue. Figuratively, to avoid direct confrontation or to play mind games. Featured in the song Smooth Operator by Sade (c) 1984:

Face to face, each classic case
We shadow box and double cross
Yet need the chase

by UrbanColeus May 13, 2024

child of shadows

A child or a person who is always in someone elses shadow, always second choice.

Being defined as a child of shadows: Mindy was the middle child. Always in her siblings shadows. Never got the first glance or attention. Never the first or even second priority of her parents.

by Idontknowwhattocallmyself November 11, 2017

drop shadow

A term in Graffiti to shadow under the letters of your tag to make it appear 3D

I used a drop shadow on my throw up

by GRAFFmaster August 3, 2012

Shadow

This person has a very big penis because he is black also he is the best valorant player.

Shadow is a bery nic eperson

by Shadw November 21, 2021

RAID: Shadow Legends

A mobile game with stupid ads and is clearly almost as cringey, if not more so than TikTok and Among Us are, would never play it and would not recommend anyone to do it.

RAID: Shadow Legends is dumber than Clowns are.

by PhoenixGamer34 December 2, 2022

Shadow Humor

"Shadow Humor" Is when someone hides in the shadows of the phrase "Dark Humor" to openly hate on a specific kind of person or serious concept. For example, someone using shadow humor would frequently say things along the lines of "*insert specific kind of people* are so stupid. I could literally walk up to them and they would be *insert joke about common stereotype about said person* and then proceed to tell you your just too much of a snowflake to get dark humor. Someone who uses shadow humor also uses it for specific subjects pretty often.

Tyler: Haha dude watch me get sent to the principles office for slapping some girls wrist and saying "I like yuh cut g"
Kevin: That's the seventh joke you've made about people with problems like that today ... it's not even funny... there's no punchline you're just making fun of people who suffer from self-harm...
Tyler: Shut up Kevin! It's called 'Dark. Humour.' You're just too much of a snowflake to understand.
Kevin: That's not dark humor. You're using shadow humor. Stop using dark humor as an excuse to make fun of people with actual problems.

by Lil_Dum_Dum December 1, 2020

shadow sighted eye

Someone who is good at learning and remembering secrets and can see through others' lies.

Person A: I heard that Person C knows a lot of Person D's secrets!
Person B: Looks like someone has a shadow sighted eye.

by ChameleonDragon February 8, 2018