[Ads-l] throw shade

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Probably I could figure out what this means if I wanted to. But, oddly, I
> don't care.
>

http://www.businessinsider.com/where-the-expression-throw-shade-comes-from-2015-3

A reasonably-clear and nearly-correct exposition.
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
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