A situation or instance that perfectly illustrates a concept or principle, often resembling the straightforward examples found in educational textbooks. This phrase is used to emphasize how directly something aligns with theoretical definitions or expectations.
When she aced the exam despite minimal studying, her success became a literal textbook example of the 'surprising outcomes' section on student performance.
by Emotional Cruiser September 19, 2025
Get the literal textbookmug. Someone who knows nothing except what they have learnt in textbooks. They are closed minded insincere and backwards thinking.
Girl 1: How did your therapy session go yesterday?
Guy: It was a waste of time, just another textbook jockey... She was literally reading me questions straight from her computer.
Guy: It was a waste of time, just another textbook jockey... She was literally reading me questions straight from her computer.
by my mAin Hack June 22, 2016
Get the Textbook Jockeymug. Person 1: Are you homo-sapiens who are addicted to knowing that the axolotls species are also eagles?
Person 2: Yes.
Person 3: Figure 2.3 In TextBooks Are The Angel Number Three Hundred And Forty-Three, Who Keeps Smacking My Back: The First Juvenile Release; The First Juvenile Release.
Person 2: Yes.
Person 3: Figure 2.3 In TextBooks Are The Angel Number Three Hundred And Forty-Three, Who Keeps Smacking My Back: The First Juvenile Release; The First Juvenile Release.
by LeSouffleDeVersailles February 14, 2025
Get the Figure 2.3 In TextBooks Are The Angel Number Three Hundred And Forty-Three, Who Keeps Smacking My Back: The First Juvenile Release; The First Juvenile Release.mug. 1. A man or woman who goes out of their way to exclude a set person from gatherings or parties.
2. A man or woman who makes a point to sleep with everyone else except a set person to leave them out.
3. Worse than a slut because a set person is excluded.
2. A man or woman who makes a point to sleep with everyone else except a set person to leave them out.
3. Worse than a slut because a set person is excluded.
She's a textbook bitch. She sleeps with everyone except me, and makes a point for me to know her sex life.
by SamKSteele February 23, 2022
Get the Textbook Bitchmug. Textbook preaching occurs when a teacher (usually a supply/cover teacher who is relatively inexperienced) teaches pupils by relying solely on the contents of whichever textbook relates to her current lesson (e.g. a teacher covering in Chemistry reading verbatim from a chemistry textbook)
More often than not, this method does absolutely nothing to help students learn, other than reinforcing already-negative attitudes about supply teachers and forcing pupils to seek out their own means of learning.
The only exceptions include teachers assigning tasks from the textbook or simply asking students to read extracts.
More often than not, this method does absolutely nothing to help students learn, other than reinforcing already-negative attitudes about supply teachers and forcing pupils to seek out their own means of learning.
The only exceptions include teachers assigning tasks from the textbook or simply asking students to read extracts.
Pupil 1: Can you believe that? The supply teacher isn't even bothering, is she?
Pupil 2: How so?
Pupil 1: She's reading the contents of the textbook word-for-word! Classic case of textbook preaching.
Pupil 2: True that.
Pupil 2: How so?
Pupil 1: She's reading the contents of the textbook word-for-word! Classic case of textbook preaching.
Pupil 2: True that.
by The Silent King April 25, 2014
Get the Textbook Preachingmug. A person that sends text messages that are too long and detailed and require recipient to spend a considerable amount of time reading. Often in response to a very simple and short text
by Robbob11 August 13, 2023
Get the Textbookingmug. Learning something intellectually, as from written or verbal instruction, rather than learning through actual experience.
Although he had received a very thorough textbook education in how to deliver a baby, the intern had no hands-on experience with actual childbirth.
by NW Knows January 20, 2016
Get the textbook educationmug.