shutter shades
English
A girl wearing shutter shades.
Etymology
From the trademarked name of a brand of sunglasses created by Shutter Shades, Inc., in 2007. Similar louvered/slatted sunglasses which existed as early as the 1950s and were popular in the 1980s were known by other names, such as "Venetian blinders".
Noun
shutter shades pl (plural only)
- A style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses.
- 2012, Alec Nevala-Lee, The Icon Thief, Signet (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- "Never trust anything you read online," Tanya said, pushing up her shutter shades.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:shutter shades.
- 2012, Alec Nevala-Lee, The Icon Thief, Signet (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
Synonyms
- Kanye glasses
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