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What does throw shade mean?

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  1. (gay slang) To subtly insult someone.
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Roofs have long been the urbanites' slightly hotter, slightly gooier answer to the backyard pools and lawns of the suburbs — like private little plots without bothersome trees to throw shade.
So the commoners could throw shade at us for living in luxury, but we basked in that shade.
The shaft was shaped to let in the morning and evening sun but throw shade over the seedling at midday.
It's a bit like if you could transport Einstein to the year 2016, show him the Internet, and all he wanted to do was watch cat videos and throw shade at Kim Kardashian on Twitter.
Throw shade on her and it just bounces off back onto you with karmic precision.
His publicist has since clarified the quotes, insisting the actor wasn't trying to throw shade at the 39-year-old star.

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