fade to black

1. To die, especially by suicide.
2. To exit.

Origins: The fadeout at the end of motion pictures. Popularized in the 80's, as a term for suicide, by the band Metallica in the song "Fade To Black".

Some days I feel so bad, I just want to fade to black.

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Fade to Black

One of the best Metallica songs ever recorded

"I was me but now he's gone"

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BlackBerry Fade

The act of a person slowly and breifly fading out of a conversation to glance down and check for any possible notifications on their BlackBerry phone.

I was telling Jeff about my trip to Vegas, then he pulled a Blackberry fade and totally forgot what I was talking about!

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ducking the fade

avoiding karma. not facing the consequences of ones actions.

that kid team killed me and left before I got my revenge. He's really "ducking the fade."

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dirty fade

Self taught hairstyle originating out of Kokomo, IN; Similar to a military fade, requiring a #2-3 on the sides and a #4-5 on top, normally performed on friends with the same set of trimmers used to trim your pubic hair.

Fat Cox needed his fro trimmed, so I gave him a dirty fade.

fade the cakes

The act of having sex

After drinking all night we went back to her house to fade the cakes

boosie fade

A haircut, coined by Baton Rouge rapper Lil Boosie, that fades from bald at the bottom of the head to a semi-long length of hair at the very front and top most part of the head.

Man, I'm bout to go down to Mr. Leonardo's and get me a boosie fade

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