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Deathstar
9150 Posts
On February 25 2016 00:14 Plansix wrote: My favorite part about the caucus process is the endless shade thrown by one side or another about how it was conducted. Twitter has only improved this. You're the only person that uses the word shade. It's not going to catch on lol. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On February 25 2016 00:34 Deathstar wrote: You're the only person that uses the word shade. It's not going to catch on lol. # Meangirlsmeme But this is categorically untrue as well. People use it. Just not here. | ||
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ZasZ.
United States2911 Posts
On February 25 2016 00:34 Deathstar wrote: You're the only person that uses the word shade. It's not going to catch on lol. Maybe on this forum but I see people use it everywhere on social media and other places on the interwebz. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23208 Posts
On February 25 2016 00:44 ZasZ. wrote: Maybe on this forum but I see people use it everywhere on social media and other places on the interwebz. Usually wrongly (by white and/or straight people), but I suppose definitions evolve with usage, just add it to the list. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On February 25 2016 00:49 GreenHorizons wrote: Usually wrongly (by white and/or straight people), but I suppose definitions evolve with usage, just add it to the list. Appropriation is always a threat. And it is so close to “shady” that that evolution of the word to move beyond person to person interaction was a give in. | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On February 25 2016 00:34 Deathstar wrote: You're the only person that uses the word shade. It's not going to catch on lol. Are you kidding? Tons of people use it. I use it. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23208 Posts
On February 25 2016 00:54 Plansix wrote: Appropriation is always a threat. And it is so close to “shady” that that evolution of the word to move beyond person to person interaction was a give in. Threat? More like a goldmine (for the appropriators that is). | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On February 25 2016 01:07 GreenHorizons wrote: Threat? More like a goldmine (for the appropriators that is). If a term is good, it is going to catch on. They are like music or styles of clothing. Everyone likes a catchy song. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
are we really arguing about the use of shade... | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15673 Posts
On February 25 2016 01:16 ticklishmusic wrote: thats so fetch are we really arguing about the use of shade... Primaries got people feeling extra partisan and argumentative. | ||
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Deathstar
9150 Posts
Also, it's just so weird I still don't understand it after looking it up in urban dictionary. A shade is non-physical so how do you throw it? It literally makes no sense in any sense. But yeah let's move on I didn't know it was from a movie. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
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Deleted User 3420
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
Seriously, welcome to getting old. The slang in your era only made sense because you were young. Nothing is new. This has all happened before, it will all happen again. | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On February 25 2016 01:34 travis wrote: Well it's not really politics that we are talking about anymore, but since we are complaining about english - I would like to say that it is annoying that so much slang these days make no sense. It used to be that slang had some sort of basis or derivation that could be explained to you. Nowadays it's like people just throw random shit together that sounds good to some people, and then it catches on. I don't like that. Give me some examples? The meaning is usually contrived but it's there. | ||
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Toadesstern
Germany16350 Posts
On February 25 2016 01:37 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: Give me some examples? The meaning is usually contrived but it's there. I saw someone ask what "raw af" from a comment means yesterday and I'm fairly sure someone explained something entirely wrong. At least I thought af means "as fuck" in that context but had no idea if that's supposed to be a compliment or a diss so I didn't say anything lol  but throw a shade is fairly straight forward. You also say that something throws a shadow and it sounds perfectly normal, doesn't it? Just the "slang" meaning here is new. | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
On February 25 2016 01:37 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: Give me some examples? The meaning is usually contrived but it's there. ratchet, fetch stick out to me but I know there are more. maybe they do have some origin that makes sense. if so, please enlighten me lol edit: basic is another one. i guess it *kind* of makes sense, but only in a way that is really ignorant and stupid lol | ||
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Deathstar
9150 Posts
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On February 25 2016 01:42 Toadesstern wrote: I saw someone ask what "raw af" from a comment means yesterday and I'm fairly sure someone explained something entirely wrong. At least I thought af means "as fuck" in that context but had no idea if that's supposed to be a compliment or a diss so I didn't say anything lol but throw a shade is fairly straight forward. You also say that something throws a shadow and it sounds perfectly normal, doesn't it? Just the "slang" meaning here is new. Compliment. As in something's hardcore/unadulterated Maybe "casts a shadow", but I wouldn't say "throws a shadow" is a particularly common way of describing something. | ||
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