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An internet term, often in parenthesis following the beginning of a text or title, which sums up a large group of text in one or a couple of adjectives, often to remind other readers on the situation of the topic.
The Gulf Oil Spill (read: very bad)

My first date (read: disaster)
by Banana Foam January 9, 2011
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