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basal book

A "basal book" is one that is absolutely crucial to a particular academic discipline or profession, a book that everyone who knows anything knows about. It is a book (or perhaps an article) that forms the basis for understanding a certain topic or joining a certain conversation. It is often the sort of book that everyone wants to have read but no one wants to read. It is always the sort of book or article that cannot be digested properly by reading it all the way through just once, but must be studied and digested (analytical reading helps with this).
Greg Glassman's article "What is Fitness?" is a basal article for the Crossfit movement.

Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" is a basal book for the environmentalist movement.

"Mein Kampf" is a basal book for the Nazi movement.
by LA Wordsmith October 23, 2012
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Life Booker

Someone who constantly acts in real life as they would on facebook. (Ex. Someone who shows you pictures all of the time, passes notes, announces what they are doing later to everyone they see.)
Dude Chris is a major life booker, he showed me like five memes yesterday that I didn't even want to see.
by Mr. Dr. Prof. Patrick January 28, 2013
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Flick-book Relationship

Where an individual has that many one night stands or dates with different people that they all merge into their version of a relationship.
1: "You've been on that many dates this week that they all seem to merge into a flick-book relationship!"
by Obasis September 2, 2013
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The Book of Twat

Noun:

A vagina that has many wrinkles, or flaps, usually due to sexual promiscuity or repetitive rape of a female.
I ate that bitch out for 2 hours! It was like reading 2 chapters of The Book of Twat!
by Big Saxy October 20, 2014
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World Book Day

World Book Day is a day of the year where lots of people dress up as characters from a story or film.
It's World Book Day!
by Elory Chihuahua April 17, 2015
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craigs-book

a little black book/notebook containing the address/phone of every craigs-hook you have ever had
having a craigs-book doesn't prevent you from getting married. i even know a life-long bachelor who would keep a craigs-book as a trophy.
by Sexydimma December 30, 2014
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The Book Worm

To cut a hole through a book with large girth, then insert your penis into it and go to town.
Yesterday I went to the library and saw two guys doing The Book Worm.
by The T.V Dinner May 20, 2015
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