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(07-26-2016, 03:32 AM)RICHMONDBENGAL_07 Wrote: I haven't got a clue what "throw shade" means nor have I heard it.  Or why it would even upset anyone, and I'm a grown ass 42 yo white guy.  I know my lawn grows better in the shade when its this frigging hawt.  

It originates in the 80's gay ball scene. Some people use it interchangeably with insulting, but that's not accurate. It is also incorrect to refer to a look or another gesture someone gives another person as shade. 

Throwing shade means to creatively insult someone. It's the insult of all insults if two members of the LGBT scene were going at it with each other. The one that gives the other, and everyone else there, pause. It's not some basic ass insult isn't shade. 

Why are people using it? RuPaul started using it again and it jumped into mainstream usage. 

Source: gay brother who bitches when people use it incorrectly.