A fork of Rural Dictionary
a fake ass person, one that doesnt come through with what he say he gonna do
That fool is shady,he said he gonna show up 30 minutes ago he aint gotta new benz, fake ass mutha.
Generally meaning someone who is mysterious or difficult to understand; someone who tends to stay in the background. Can also be used more offensively to describe someone who is or seems to be untrustworthy, sneaky and unrespectable.
I want to get to know him, but he's so shady, it will take some time. I don't trust her, she seems really shady.
N. Wales, archaic but still in current use 1. suspicious 2. cruel 3. a bad situation out of your control 4. (jocular) a bad or unwanted set of circumstances
"They wouldn't let me into the club last night cause they said my Ben Sherman shirt was too scruffy, it was hell of a shady"; "I dropped my kebab on the way home, it was dead shady"
1. Suspicious looking 2. Short for Slim Shady aka Eminem 3. Clothing line founded by Eminem
1. That musta looked mad shady when I walked up to Chris at work, handed him $20, then left. 2. Slim Shady is the only respectable white rapper. 3. That Shady hoodie was $80.