read: 

An internet term, often in parenthesis following the beginning of a text or title, which sums up a large group of text in one or a couple of adjectives, often to remind other readers on the situation of the topic.

The Gulf Oil Spill (read: very bad)

My first date (read: disaster)

read: by Banana Foam January 10, 2011

Read the room 

Verb. read the room (third-person singular simple present reads the room, present participle reading the room, simple past and past participle read the room) (idiomatic) to understand the emotions and thoughts of the people in the room Synonym: read the table

Read the room, James. No one here is interested in talking politics right now.
Read the room Matt .What is everyone doing right now

Read the room by NewsINFreehold July 6, 2019

read for filth 

The act of criticizing, or being criticized to the fullest extent.

She got read for filth by the judges on the runway.

read for filth by the-dwarfer July 11, 2016

Read it and weep 

From a poker playing expression, “read ‘em and weep” used when you finally reveal your winning hand to the other players, especially when they think you have nothing and are bluffing.
Basically the same as “In your face!”

Hey, Mom, I know you think I’m a dumbass, but here’s my report card.
All A’s! Read it and weep!

Read it and weep by Like_Mezcal May 16, 2018

read the room 

1. To understand the state of a conversation so that your tone and subject matter match said conversation.
2. An exclamation used towards anyone who doesn’t read the room before initiating conversation

1. Tom read the room prior to speaking, knowing that Sarah’s kitten had died yesterday.
2. Tom what the fuck, why would you talk about the ballgame when my cat died yesterday? Read the room for goodness sake!

read the room by SuchAFunnyLife February 18, 2021

Read-Search

A play on the word Research.

The event when students in college are reading for homework, research & essay writing, but gets bored and stops after a certain amount of text, then goes googling things, and/or searching on facebook, youtube, twitter, myspace, etc. Then later return to the reading, only to repeat the process. This extends the time required to get through a reading assignment and often adds hours to the task.

(1)Derek: Hey Sarah, did you finish your essay for the term?

Sarah: No, I tried to write it, but kept getting distracted by read-search. I think I'm going to fail!

(2)
Amy: That article on the human genotypes was so long and boring! Why did the professor assign it?

David: I know! I couldn't read it in one seating without read-searching! It ended up taking hours to finish reading it!

Read-Search by Lexitonina April 13, 2010

read siege 

A book that showcases true intellectual abilities.
Perhaps a world benchmark in terms of literary ability.

John: "How can I get in to Fascism?"
A true, pure white intellectual: "Read Siege."

read siege by ANONYMOUS192913 May 19, 2018