An artform whose means of expression involves the repurposing of forgotten household artifacts (eg. old letters, poems, journals, notes) commonly stored in shoeboxes to create offbeat biographical portraits or stories.
Found Magazine, Mortified and Trachtenberg Family Slidehsow Players are popular shoeboxing projects.
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1. The act of insulting someone via a reference to an embarrassing event in their past. The term was popularized by a scene in "Goodfellas" in which Billy Batts admonishes Tommy DeVito for his subservient childhood job by exclaiming "go home and get your f**kin shinebox."
2. Attacking someone for previous shameful actions, giving the impression said acts are indelible.
2. Attacking someone for previous shameful actions, giving the impression said acts are indelible.
Mike opted to avoid attending his high school reunion, knowing they'd remember his loss of bladder control in gym class and be shineboxing him all night.
by wordsmif August 25, 2010
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v. intr
1. To make an object or objects more Shoeboxy by
a. decorating with artographs AND/OR
b. notes
2. The process by which one's brain is utterly overtaken by all things Shoebox.
v. intr
1. To make an object or objects more Shoeboxy by
a. decorating with artographs AND/OR
b. notes
2. The process by which one's brain is utterly overtaken by all things Shoebox.
by Allocin September 19, 2004
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by Ryanpopvin July 19, 2016
Get the smokeboxing mug.When you ask your best friend to hate on your shine so you can practice curving(blocking out) the haters BEFORE the REAL haters show up in your DM/TimeLine/RealLife
Girl: I juss bought a new car. Paid in full!
BF: Girl you wanna do some shadeboxing
Girl: Hell yea! I ain't ready for what my momma or my co-workers gonna say.
BF: ok..... " is he dead or who's grandfather paid for that?"
BF: Girl you wanna do some shadeboxing
Girl: Hell yea! I ain't ready for what my momma or my co-workers gonna say.
BF: ok..... " is he dead or who's grandfather paid for that?"
by Sundré March 14, 2018
Get the Shadeboxing mug.drinking game whose name has possible british or european origin which involves drinking beer out of ones own shoe. Done entirely for the amusement factor or a gentle initiatory act at frat or college parties where individuals don't have enough sense or have too much alcohol in their systems to fear the social consequences of foot-breath.
"Yeah I can't believe that matt went shoeboating last week, he's a freak, always running around without socks in his old shoes. I wouldn't touch, let alone drink beer out of those shoes."
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