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On read

When someone receives one or more text messages from another person but doesn’t respond, they’re leaving the sender on read. As in, the sender can see that their texts were read, but there’s no reply.

(Pronounced as “on red.”)
“Jason texted me five times last night but I left him on read.”
by no one, shut up August 26, 2019
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the girl reading this

"hey you know who is beautiful?"
"oh, the girl reading this"
by Retro2402 May 3, 2018
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beta writer/reader

a person who reads over a piece of writing and suggests edits for improvement regarding grammar, punctuation, spelling, phrasing, pacing, characterization, etc. they're popular among the fanfiction community.
Yo, Chris, do you know a good beta writer/reader? I have a short one shot I need to have looked over.
by sighzawa February 17, 2019
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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!
by SuchAFunnyLife February 18, 2021
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Left on read

When you text, snapchat, dm, inbox, etc. someone and you wait a little for them to answer. And you see they opened or read the message and they don't answer for a while or even at all.
Guy: "Yo that girl got me left on read"... *sigh*
Guys Friend: "Damn bro move on already" lmao
by Taylorgangordie May 15, 2018
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left on read

When you text someone, they see it, but they dont text back.
"Damn, she saw the message and didn't respond back"
"Damn niggggga, you got left on read!!"
by David(bean) May 13, 2016
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Guardian Reader

Giles used to be real, he spent his parents' allowance at university attending protests, buying Billy Bragg CDs and supporting revolutionary ideals, but ever since graduating and being employed by Goldman Sachs he's all talk and no action - just a Guardian Reader.
by cocksuckah December 14, 2010
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