Other Names of Sunglasses
Other Names of Sunglasses
There are also various words referring to eyepieces with darkened lenses:
.Glares is a term popular in India if the glass is dark. If it is light then Coolers
.Sun spectacles is a term used by some opticians.
.Spekkies is a term used predominantly in southern Australia.
.Sun specs (also sunspecs) is the shortened form of the above term.
.Sunglasses is a term in common usage in Britain and North America, and it is also used when preceded by “pair of”.
.Sun-shades can also refer to the sun-shading eyepiece-type, although the term is not exclusive to these.
Also in use is the
.derivative abbreviation, shades.
.Dark glasses (also preceded by pair of) – generic term in common usage.
.Sunnies is Australian and New Zealand Slang
.Specs is a common name for sunglasses in North America.
.Smoked spectacles usually refers to the darkened eyepieces worn by blind people.
.Solar Shields Usually refers to the models of sunglasses with large lenses.
.Stunna shades Used as a slang term in the hyphy movement, usually referring to sunglasses with oversized lenses.
.Shades
.Hater blockers
.Locs (also maddoggers) is a term for very dark lensed sunglasses.
.Cheaters
.Sang Gleezies (from sunglasses)
.Eyewear is a term used by opticians
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