reading and talking

Slang for having sex. Used when you don't want others to know about what you were doing, or if you are suspected of having sex or cheating.

Larry: You guys were having sex!
Stacy: No! We were just reading and talking!

by Evilogin October 11, 2020

panic read

When you read at every available opportunity cause you are on a deadline to finish a book

It's December, so I'm panic reading to meet my Goodreads goal.

by Greengrey December 27, 2023

Pisani-Reade Effect

When someone or a group of people lie and make false accusations for serious crimes, including rape, pedophilia, etc in order to hide the fact that they're either doing something just as bad if not worse than the person they're accusing or trying to con people that support them in a mega grifting scheme. People that participate in such activities will also harass, guilt trip and back stab other people behind their backs while pretending to care about said person to their face. They also have a large victimization complex where they pretend that they're the victims when they get caught

Did you hear about those people that were lying and falsely accusing that kid of being a creep because of something super arbitrary and stupid?
Oh great did the Pisani-Reade effect hit the fandom?

by astie January 4, 2021

Read their rights

To respectfully or disrespectfully check a person. To put them in their place.

I just had to read their rights to these racist people

by Messy Vagina April 16, 2025

phantom reading

When you’ve read an entire book but can’t remember a single thing that it said.

In school I was phantom reading.

by Kanonymous123 May 12, 2018

required reading

Just another bu**s**t compulsory activity (like in-depth studying of history or science or chemistry) in school dat usually just wastes your time/energy/patience and very seldom has any use in future life or employment.

I imagine that "required reading" has often significantly contributed to childhood dissatisfaction and lack of bonding among siblings, since many a youngster has had to sadly play by himself because Big Bro/Sis had to study books instead of paying attention to said toddler.

by QuacksO July 25, 2019

Third-Reading

When one is reading a romance book and feels as though they are third-wheeling with the characters.

“Omg Rebecca I’m reading this book and I’m totally third-reading with the main ship”

by Omg Rebecca September 15, 2019