n. The term used to describe one who feigns intellect, through ostentatiously purchasing high-brow books with no intention of actually reading them.
Clean-books are so-called from their library of mint condition paper backs, each with crisp, virgin pages, bereft of even a single crease in their spines. As any real reader knows, a typical paperback usually becomes visibly worn and battered after the first time it has been read.
Common behaviour of clean-books includes the frequent posting of Facebook statuses about the books that they have purchased, or the occasional, generic, trite review. Eg: "Hemmingway- what an author.", or "Moby Dick is a good read." Some clean-books go to further lengths than others, and are even known to read reviews or full synopses of the books online, as well as memorizing popular online opinions and interpretations in case their integrity is challenged.
Clean-books are so-called from their library of mint condition paper backs, each with crisp, virgin pages, bereft of even a single crease in their spines. As any real reader knows, a typical paperback usually becomes visibly worn and battered after the first time it has been read.
Common behaviour of clean-books includes the frequent posting of Facebook statuses about the books that they have purchased, or the occasional, generic, trite review. Eg: "Hemmingway- what an author.", or "Moby Dick is a good read." Some clean-books go to further lengths than others, and are even known to read reviews or full synopses of the books online, as well as memorizing popular online opinions and interpretations in case their integrity is challenged.
"He's not really as smart as he makes out; he's a bit of a clean-book."
"I went to John's house to borrow Treasure Island, and he's a fucking clean-book! You should have seen how pristine all his books were!
"I went to John's house to borrow Treasure Island, and he's a fucking clean-book! You should have seen how pristine all his books were!
by IceCreamBros May 11, 2013
Get the Clean-bookmug. by Dr.Phils Mom June 12, 2018
Get the Book miningmug. Is stupid term that mumkey jones call manga. Said some stupid guy on youtube
Anime book is mumkey Jones way to say manga
Anime book is mumkey Jones way to say manga
by Snotcore February 24, 2023
Get the Anime bookmug. A coordinated effort to buy an author's book on opening day so as to dramatically increase the author's chance of rising in the ranking system. The higher an author climbs in the ranking system, the more exposure they will get, thus increasing their overall sales of the book.
Example: "Hey OJD, today is Enola Gay's Book Bomb! Don't forget to buy her book "The Prepared Family Cookbook!"
by The Orange Jeep Dad August 26, 2013
Get the Book Bombmug. That one thing that schools do where nobody actually gets books, and everyone just gets a UV pen or something like that because usually all the books they have are shit.
Person 1: Hey dude what did you get at the book fair, I got an eraser that looks like a phone.
Person 2: Nice, I got a UV pen!
Person 2: Nice, I got a UV pen!
by pro urban May 9, 2022
Get the Book Fairmug. The colloquial name for that timeless classic, Concepts And Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts (Concepts and Insights), by Marvin A. Chirelstein.
There I was, a Saturday night, with nothing but my Boat Book, a glass of chianti, and all the time in the world.
by GBrell May 3, 2009
Get the Boat Bookmug. By adding a story book end-after when somebody is done talking to add humor to a typically dark topic.
Grahm: Hey, that looks just like my dad who left me when I was a baby...
Jacob: Said Grahm sadly.
Grahm: Are you story booking me?
Jacob: You're damn right I was.
Jacob: Said Grahm sadly.
Grahm: Are you story booking me?
Jacob: You're damn right I was.
by jacobraybans May 3, 2013
Get the Story Bookingmug.