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Kanye glasses

noun

Etymology

This style of sunglasses, which first became popular in the 1980s, was re-popularized in the early 2010s by American rapper Kanye West.

Definitions

  1. A style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted…

    A style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses.

    • It used to be trucker hats and Ray-Bans, followed by Kanye glasses and Day-Glo jewelry.
    • Finally, someone even approaching futuristic enough to pull off those damn Kanye glasses.
    • My freshman year, I cheered beside a guy with a huge Afro and Kanye glasses and a guy in a toga.

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