The act of doing everything according to how social traditions and formal expectations dictate you should, usually for social acceptance by an individual or a group. One's ability to perform this act does not necessarily make them what they want to be.
Tessa: Wow! Max brought Niki flowers on the first date, opened all the doors, paid for dinner, bought expensive champagne, and walked her to her front door. What a great guy!
Andrew: Okay, he read the handbook, but so what? Is he actually an interesting guy?
Max: Yeah, I thought Niki was pretty cool. She seemed to know a lot about indie bands and films and ordered a chai latte at the coffeeshop. Then I slowly realized she was quoting Pitchfork with every other breath.
Tessa: Handbook-reader?
Max: Aye.
Andrew: Okay, he read the handbook, but so what? Is he actually an interesting guy?
Max: Yeah, I thought Niki was pretty cool. She seemed to know a lot about indie bands and films and ordered a chai latte at the coffeeshop. Then I slowly realized she was quoting Pitchfork with every other breath.
Tessa: Handbook-reader?
Max: Aye.
by p-teK April 6, 2008
Get the read the handbookmug. A method of viewing complex films (and filmed versions of plays, especially), in order to see and hear the actions of the plot, but also to read what is happening, while the story unfolds.
When teaching students complex plays by Shakespeare or Arthur Miller, an English teacher might employ the method of read-viewing of the play so that students can see what is happening while reading the subtitles/closed captions. Read-viewing engages students in the visual world of the story, which helps to improve comprehension of the literature. Ideally, this method would be used in short increments of 20 to 30 minutes, and then students will discuss and analyze what they have read-viewed.
by MsDurdenTeacher November 20, 2017
Get the read-viewingmug. by succmydicc February 16, 2018
Get the hes not reading thismug. When you are so poor that you can't afford Netflix, internet and neither cable television, so you have to go to the attic, pick something to read with your "friend" for a short time before starting to fuck.
*After pretending to have read something*
Person 1: I don't like the main character, it's very unoriginal
Person 2: Ok... can we just fuck now?
Person 1: I thought we would just read and chill!
Person 1: I don't like the main character, it's very unoriginal
Person 2: Ok... can we just fuck now?
Person 1: I thought we would just read and chill!
by full_of_swag October 12, 2016
Get the read and chillmug. by Nws Phantom August 29, 2019
Get the Big Readsmug. A phrase you say when you have to go poop. The phrase comes from the usual act of reading a magazine, book or newspaper while pooping.
by Vbui717 June 9, 2014
Get the Read a bookmug. by EU🅱️🅱️OUR May 6, 2022
Get the The person reading thismug.