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/Sounds like "tee" (as in "tea") + "rah" (as in "rapper") + "EH" (as in "egg") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

Someone who constantly throws shade or indirect jabs, or a situation loaded with passive-aggressive digs. In Puerto Rico a tiraero is the person whose every sentence hides a barb.

Examples

That group is full of shade, every comment has a dig in it.

He's such a shade-thrower, always talking sideways.

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Regional synonyms

A snitch or informant who tells everything they know to whoever holds authority. In Argentine slang, from the lunfardo word "batir" (to talk, to rat someone out). Calling someone a batidor is a serious insult in street and prison slang.