A fork of Rural Dictionary
Something that can’t be thrown.
When someone says they “threw shade” I always ask them to toss my shadow.
Or
I’ve never met a person that can throw shade, but I’ve seen people throw an egg.
A player is a closeted homosexual man, or woman, who lacks the self awareness to realize he, or she, is gay. As a result, the player searches constantly for external validaiton of his, or her, heterosexualness by having multiple shallow sexual relationships with as many people as they can trick.
This is the why their victims so often feel they have no heart or soul, because the player actually secretly desires a same sex companion.
Once the player finds his, or her, same sex mate, they become happy and stop playing.
If your same sex friend is a player they want you, not the people they are using to impress you.
When someone throws an object, they also throw the object’s shadow, resulting throwing of shade.
The pitcher was throwing shade as well as the ball.