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Textbook fear

A type of anxiety or apprehension felt towards a situation or decision because it is commonly perceived as difficult, overwhelming, or universally feared, rather than based on personal experience. It’s the fear of facing something simply because it has been widely described as daunting, often amplified by societal expectations or common narratives.
I really want to move away for university, but the textbook fear of being on my own keeps holding me back.
by FreshStartHero December 19, 2024
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textbook error

When someone turns up for an exam and forgets to bring a pen. This is a textbook error.
by claramca January 17, 2018
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Textbook

You do something so perfectly that it could be an example in a textbook
Yo, the way she landed that frontside 180 was textbook…

I made sus nachos while high but they ended up textbook…

Synonym to gnarly.
Antonym to sketchy.
by AyoitsChazzy August 14, 2022
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That’s textbook

Something that is so true, you can’t help but say something.
Friend: That girl is so hot
You: that’s textbook dude!!
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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
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Textbook Jockey

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.
by my mAin Hack June 22, 2016
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textbook definition of gay

3 guys doing a recreation of the human centipede
Ayo the fuck u on about cuh saying they aint gay? Those 3 niggas were up all tongue deep in each-others asses human centipede style last night. Thats the textbook definition of gay
by Black Catamite February 15, 2025
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