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

To read the Bible

To masterly beat the nob

Achmed: ay where you going
Jerome: To read the bible. Ill be right back

by Big Nob Kyle October 30, 2019

Sandwich-reading

The process of reading the first and last chapter of a book, and then writing an essay about what you think the books insides are.

Educated guesswork using online summary sources are also a viable method of completing sandwich-reading.

I didn't read that book. I was only sandwich-reading it to make sure key points got introduced. I couldn't read the whole thing since I was too busy.

by Somegregoryguy January 23, 2023

Dropping your reading medal in the toilet

Loosing your virginity

I love dropping your reading medal in the toilet

by Squad1048104 April 26, 2019

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

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

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