mr. textbook

a threat used by teachers.

If you kids don't quiet down i'll get out our old friend mr. textbook and you can make notes from him, and if you don't like it call the kids help line.

by cdsjpgkhhko November 5, 2005

Textbook Immigrant

Anyone oriental who substitues 'R' where 'L' should be in English Pronounication without noticing

'Crod I have some Remon Juice?'

'We won't serve such a Textbook Immigrant here'

'Oh, I aporogise'

by PsuedonymAntonym July 19, 2009

textbook

Communicating with someone via text message and Facebook simultaneously.

I didn't know if she was near her phone or her computer, so I had to textbook her to make sure she got my message.

by je ne sais quoi November 26, 2010

textbookin

multitasking facebook with texting

girls are boss at multitasking. especially at textbookin

by thetops95 May 9, 2011

textboxer

Someone who plays Xbox 360 and texts at the same time

"Look at Jim playing xbox and texting at the same time, what a textboxer"

by UncannierDwarf September 19, 2011

textbookphilia

A term referring to the phenomenon of students getting sexually aroused to the thought of their textbooks. "Textbookphilia" was coined by a female student at the University of Western Ontario who noticed this occurrence while studying at Allyn & Betty Taylor library.

Person 1: "Why is that boy getting a hard-on while studying his math textbook?"
Person 2: "I think he has a classical case of textbookphilia"

by Textbookphilia November 26, 2013

Textbook Preaching

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.

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.

by The Silent King April 25, 2014