When you text someone, they see it, but they dont text back.
"Damn, she saw the message and didn't respond back"
"Damn niggggga, you got left on read!!"
by David(bean) May 14, 2016
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To read a massage (typically a text or on a messenger app that signals the sender when the message is seen or "read"), knowing the sender is aware that you've seen the message, and to not respond.

While the term was invented in 2016, the action was first perpetrated, pre-Internet, by Shepherd, who in on February 17, 1996, received a written message in person, and still refused to respond. If he ever responded is still unclear.
I texted my father about it last week, but no response. My own father has me left on read.
by sujthsrj February 20, 2017
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sorry to break it to you but they don’t like you back
You: “Hey

read 6:18

left on read
by urmomsrightpinkietoe October 21, 2019
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She/He is not interested and you should cry in the shower
Guy-“I got left on read

Other guy-“You’re Fucked
by UrDadLOL69 October 10, 2019
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1. to ignore a text so that someone will know
2. to hate someone
I don't know how well things are going with Bret, last night I was left on read.
by a clueless advisor January 29, 2018
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they left you on read didn't they?
person 1: "Dam I texted them three hours ago and they still didn't text me back"
person 2: *Left On Read*
by HatsuneDoggo November 7, 2021
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