You can “throw shade” or “be shady,” in other words, subtly (or indirectly) disrespect someone. Stemming from queer culture, again, Paris Is Burning captures the art of it. In the film, drag performer Dorian Corey puts it this way: “Shade is, I don’t have to tell you you’re ugly, but I don’t have to tell you because you know you’re ugly.” Shade.