Wig snatch

(w-IG sn-ACH)

The slang thesaurus for those old enough to remember dial-up Verb: active, negative

Snatch a wig

1. To drag or diss someone so badly, it has the same effect as snatching the wig off someone’s head — in public; the mother of “shade” and “read”.

“I’m not in the mood for Thula’s crap today. He must stay away or I will snatch a wig.”

Verb: passive, negative

Wig snatched

2. To be savagely dragged or dissed by someone. “I can’t believe Nolo snatched my wig like that.”

Verb: positive

3. When someone (usually Beyoncé) releases a new video or gives a performance so amazing that it leaves their fans gasping for breath, feeling disoriented.

Similar: to lose your edges. Refers to the loss of your hairline (rather than wig) – because, as many know, once it’s gone, chances are it’s not coming back.

Unlike throwing shade or reading someone (which we explained last week), wig snatching has no class or grace. It’s brutal, it’s to the point and it’s painful. Even if no one saw the snatching of a wig, the effect is so deeply felt by the snatchee that the snatching may as well have happened before a studio audience.