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Combined Graph record U-00669 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0268. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Smithsonian NMAAHC, 'A Brief History of Voguing' (fetched in full): 'Using dance and pantomime, the voguers would "read" each other. Ultimately, the winner would be the person who "threw the best shade."' Supports the ballroom insult-battle context of stored meaning 'to insult with devastating precision' and era_note 'ballroom culture', but the article gives no explicit definition of 'read' — hence STRONG, not VERIFIED.
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Smithsonian NMAAHC, 'A Brief History of Voguing' (fetched in full): 'Using dance and pantomime, the voguers would "read" each other. Ultimately, the winner would be the person who "threw the best shade."' Supports the ballroom insult-battle context of stored meaning 'to insult with devastating precision' and era_note 'ballroom culture', but the article gives no explicit definition of 'read' — hence STRONG, not VERIFIED.
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Smithsonian NMAAHC, 'A Brief History of Voguing' (fetched in full): 'Using dance and pantomime, the voguers would "read" each other. Ultimately, the winner would be the person who "threw the best shade."' Supports the ballroom insult-battle context of stored meaning 'to insult with devastating precision' and era_note 'ballroom culture', but the article gives no explicit definition of 'read' — hence STRONG, not VERIFIED.
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