lip reading

Also known as "speechreading", lip reading is a communication technique of understanding speech by watching a person's lip movements, facial expressions, and gestures, which can be enhanced by any residual hearing. It's a skill used by many people with hearing loss but also by the general public in noisy environments to aid comprehension. The technique is not foolproof, as many sounds look alike on the lips, and a complete understanding relies on context and other clues.

During the lecture, I noticed she was lip reading to keep up with the professor, especially when the classroom got really loud.

by Emotional Cruiser October 19, 2025

reading comprehension devil

a saying that is used when someone doesn't understand a piece of media/literature. refers to the show/manga "chainsaw man."

Person 1: "The man who was murdered in the story the Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe was actually alive the whole time and it was his heart was beating in the floorboards!"
Person 2: "The reading comprehension devil strikes again!"

by bookuser11 December 19, 2023

Sign read bait

Type of sign indicating non-entry to a property. It kinda troll you with a clever phrase, and also the images I found on google shows a weird thing of Zombie bait. But, meh, personally, I think are signs that put away, unsucessfuly, the drunky kids of the grass.

"Sign read bait, chips, beer and ammunition"LeAnn Rimes, Nothin' Better To Do(song)

by Eusofa July 18, 2021

left on read

someone read the messages but he didn't answer

oh, Karen left on read my insta story an hour ago

by ShinJuni September 21, 2019

Reading

You are doing it.

You are a dumbass if you are reading this

by No new name used by anyone els October 9, 2016

Gossip Read

Used when relating possibly non-factual information you read somewhere.

I gossip read that the Microsoft layoffs are mostly in the marketing department.

by HeyEbeth January 18, 2023

Left on read

Relating to full send, half send, quarter send, etc.

When you full send something and nail it, but nobody was watching/nobody notices; essentially when you're a boss but nobody witnessed it

"Fuck it dude, FULL SEND!"

- Does an epic back flip -

-Only one person sees it-
"Shit man, you just got left on read"

by ya tilted bro? November 25, 2019