Choosing Non-Prescription Sunglasses — Page 8: Some fun sunglass slang

Sunglass slang:

• Shades is a term used in North America.
• Glares is a term popular in India if the glass is dark.
• Glints is a term for glasses originating from the "glint" that is noticeable when somebody wearing glasses moves their head.
• Sun spectacles is a term used by some opticians.
• Spekkies is a term used predominantly in southern Australia.
• Sun specs is the shortened form of sun spectacles.
• Sunglass a monocle version.
• 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 (often preceded by pair of) - generic term in common usage.
• Sunnies is Australian, South African, UK and New Zealand slang
• Smoked spectacles usually refer to the darkened eyepieces worn by blind people.
• Solar shields Usually refers to models of sunglasses with large lenses.
• Stunna shades Used as a slang term referring to sunglasses with oversized lenses.
• Glecks is Scottish slang for glasses or sunglasses.
• Cooling glasses is a term used in Southern India (predominantly Kerala) and the Middle East for sunglasses.