What is Fade?
1.
The term "fade" is from South Central, L.A.
Gang members originally meant murder when they talked about fading someone. If you fade a gang member you are decreasing the number of members in his gang and effectively "fading" his color.
Today the term fade is more flexible by simply meaning "disgrace".
Brotha's got mad caps rainin' down, but those fools can't fade me.
2.
a hair cut. ball fade. southside Gs all roll with a ball fade or braids. keepin the line tight refers to keepin the fade clean. theres alot of different kind of fades, ball fade bein the most popular. you want to be a baller, hit up your barbershop ask for ball fade, 2 on top. keep the line tight dog.
let my top down and let the sun hit the fade. -big moe
these boys gon feel us wit our braids and fades. boys gon feel us, boys gon feel us. -ESG
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3.
to fight or deal with one appropriately.
If someone steals from me, I'll have to show them the fade!(Florida)
4.
a haircut
Have you seen his new fade?
5.
Used in the dice game craps. It means to cover the shooter's bet, that is, bet that he will lose.
I dreamed last night I got on the boat to Heaven
And by some chance I had brought my dice along,
And there I stood, and I hollered,
"Someone fade me,"
But the passengers they knew right from wrong
For the people all said,
"Sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat."
6.
Throwin some cash on something... several ppl usualy fade cash on drank so they can buy more at once to get a hook up yadida?
Jhonny, you gonna fade on dank this time, or are you gonna be a faggot like always, and not fade shit?
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7.
Derived from a musical term (esp. DJ usage) in which music volume is decreased.
A negative term used to describe something that is decreased or in any other way someone attempting to gid rid/remove something/someone.
You can't fade me.
