1. The act of bullshitting. Racheling is the ability of making
one look alert and attentive during meetings when in
fact they are either not paying attention or bored out of their
mind. A person who has successfully mastered the art of Racheling appears to show up to meetings prepared with assignments "completed," and can chime in with
valid and relevant comments that makes them sound well versed in the subject being covered.
2. The act of "reading" a book or article without actually reading it. Racheling lasts no more than five minutes, and consists of marking pages of a book with sticky notes to identify important pages. Racheling is also the act of highlighting and underlining
words and phrases in the book or article. In order to make the book or article appear to have really been well
read, and
read multiple times, pages are often bent or crumpled just a little.
1. "Geez,
Dustin really knows his
stuff."
"Not really, he's just racheling."
2. The
meeting is in 5 minutes?!? I better get to racheling this book.
3. "Wow, Jared really went over and beyond for this meeting. Just look at his book!"
"No, he's just really good at racheling."