Throwing shade is not a modern invention...

[wildeabandon]

In today's Coptic homework I've been translating from the Constantine of Assyut's (almost certainly pseudonymous) second Encomium for Athanasius, and came across this absolute gem.

ⲡⲥⲛⲥⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲁϥϯ ⲛⲧⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥⲩⲛⲏ ϩⲓⲱⲱϥ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲃⲥⲱ ⲙⲙⲛⲧⲟⲩⲏⲏⲃ. ⲛⲉⲕⲗⲏⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ ϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲓⲕⲁⲓⲣⲟⲥ ϯϯ ⲥⲟ ⲉϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲩϯ ⲛⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲉϥϯϩⲉ ϩⲓⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲃⲥⲱ ⲉⲥⲗⲁⲁⲙ ⲏ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛϣⲣⲱ.

"Indeed, the most holy Athanasius clothed himself in righteousness with a priestly garment. As for the clerics of this age themselves, I refrain from saying that they clothed themselves in drunkenness with a filthy garment, like menstrual rags."

And my dude, my dude, that is an abject failure on your part to refrain from saying what you clearly desperately wanted to say.

Comments

[hilarita]

I mean as far as I can tell approximately 5 minutes after the written record in any culture came into existence, people were using it to throw shade (often at "young people today". It's nice to have citations though :-D