How you might feel when you want to use a word in conversation that you're familiar with in reading and writing, you know perfectly well what it means, but you've never heard it spoken, and have no idea how to pronounce it.
"It doesn't matter how many times you click on Font Color. Changing red text to red again won't make a difference. It's eye-dem-... id-em-..." (thinking, "How the *$%^& do you pronounce 'idempotent'??? Guess that makes me eye-literate.")
by Grinning Cat November 4, 2016
Get the eye-literate mug."Like, I went to the store this morning and I saw a man wearing a bunny suit. He was legiterately wearing a suit with pink fuzzy bunny ears and a cute little bunny tail."
"I bet if I say it enough I could make that a new trendy slang word. "
"I bet if I say it enough I could make that a new trendy slang word. "
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by harry flashman July 17, 2003
Get the computer semi-literate mug.Someone on the internet who uses perfect grammar when they talk; Usually thinks highly of themselves. Most literate kids only talk to other literate kids, and see anyone else as stupid.
boy1 : hey u know were i can find sum free music?
boy2 : Ew, ever heard of a thing called grammar? You should try it sometime.
boy1 : cn u just tell me were i can get free music??
boy2 : Yeah, when you start typing so I can understand you. Dictionary.com, retard.
boy1 : damn literate kids.......
boy2 : Ew, ever heard of a thing called grammar? You should try it sometime.
boy1 : cn u just tell me were i can get free music??
boy2 : Yeah, when you start typing so I can understand you. Dictionary.com, retard.
boy1 : damn literate kids.......
by Kimmysnotok April 19, 2008
Get the Literate kid mug.One who is almost obnoxiously acquainted with literature, and frequently reminds others of this fact.
A 'literateur' would immediately recognize the Dickensian reference if one wrote the word "humble" as "'umble", and would make damn sure you knew he/she knew you knew.
by Tuco Wilde January 12, 2008
Get the literateur mug.A rare breed of person who types correctly, using corrent grammer & punctuation where necessary. They are often for elitists because of their desire to mingle with other literates.
They detest things such as chatspeak, which is often called "shorthand" by illiterates. Some literates can deal with said chatspeak, while others cannot.
They detest things such as chatspeak, which is often called "shorthand" by illiterates. Some literates can deal with said chatspeak, while others cannot.
by Morava March 9, 2007
Get the Literate mug.{verb} Describes a pitiful male's autoerotic process of pouring Listerine on one's hand and/or penis before/during masturbation, usually not because of penile desensitization, but because the male is trying to simulate a listerjob.
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I decided to listerbate last night, but it burned like hell and my johnson got all sticky. Also, I spilled Listerine on my mattress, which now smells permanently like gargling.
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