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

Someone who intends to or has completed an academic piece of work or endeavour by memorising information from a textbook, often leading to a shallow understanding of the topic.
"How did you get an A on the exam?"
"I just went over the textbook until I could recite it"
"You're definitely a textbook monkey"
"I just went over the textbook until I could recite it"
"You're definitely a textbook monkey"
by MFBlu May 2, 2024

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

by BIGGGGGGBOYJOHNNNYYY November 9, 2022

An activity that extremely mentally accelerated individuals do not choose to partake in from the perceived notion that it is a waste of time for their intellectual pursuits; for others this also means running their head into a brick wall and trying to find things to highlight that could possibly be meaningful for future reference when in reality it only devalues the book's resale value.
Kyle doesn't partake in a reading a textbook cause otherwise it'd be a Chiang reaction of boredom; but that's because he's smarft. Such smarft wow.
by That handle is already in use July 11, 2014

Knowledge referring to any thing what so ever. Like any question that u ask would refer to a textbook.
by Jonathan Eudes Du-Moullin May 12, 2019

by weewooweewooweewooweewoo May 8, 2022
