Talk:throw shade

RFD discussion: October–November 2018

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throw shade

This is NISOP. It uses figurative throw and figurative shade. It is not hard to find throw with at least one other sense of shade, eg, in gardening literature. The entry could be a redirect to shade, I suppose. DCDuring (talk) 14:58, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Redirect to shade, and provide throw shade as a usage example. — SGconlaw (talk) 15:07, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Lemming suggests we keep it (OED added it in 2014). Also, throw is the only verb I have ever seen used with shade in this sense, are there examples of other verbs being used? If not it is a set phrase and should be kept on that account as well. - TheDaveRoss 15:11, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Keep – although one can also throw doubt, and cast shade has a few uses, this verb–noun combination is idiomatic, IMO, just like cast aspersions. One doesn‘t throw aspersions, that is simply not done.  --Lambiam 19:34, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Keep per above. For what it's worth, I think the figurative shade entered the vernacular only through throw shade. Ultimateria (talk) 23:53, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Keep per Ultimateria. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 01:13, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

• Keep Purplebackpack89 13:53, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Keep per Ultimateria and TheDaveRoss, this seems similar to but not the same as the in-a-jiffy test. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 09:35, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

• RFD kept per consensus. --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:00, 18 November 2018 (UTC)