take a reading

(verb) to take a reading is to check out a particular situation in a small way, in order to get an accurate idea of someone's character, usually for the future when the stakes may be higher. The person who is curious may do this deliberately -- or accidentally, for example by observing how a certain person treats others.

Friend #1: "Should I loan Alex my car?"
Friend #2: "Didn't you take a reading last year, when he borrowed your bike and returned it all beat up?"
OR
Friend #3: "Yeah, David definitely seemed like the man of my dreams, but I had to take a reading when he was rude to our waitstaff."
Friend #4: "OMG, how pathetic!"

by liv4mntns October 28, 2009

cold reading

The art of fishing for information, while leaving the person being fished thinking that you gave _them_ the information.

As used by phony TV "psychics"

I used to think John edwards was Psychic, but no I realise that he was cold reading all along.

by I know! February 8, 2004

The person who's reading this

A person who has low self esteem, is lonely , and doesn't understand shit they are learning/learned in school. Also they suck but thats okay because I suck too so we can be buddies who suck ig.

Oh also they keep trying to get word of the day on here but keep failing . It'll work out one day buddy. You'll figure life out

oh look its the person who's reading this

by theunfunnycomedian April 13, 2021

reading festival

the greatest festival in the U.K. happens once a year normally in summer. lots of great bands play. Green Day, Lost Prophets, Placebo, The Hives, The Darkness

And The Shit get booed off e.g
50 Cent
Rasmus

Reading Festival was the nads ^ ^

by adam October 9, 2004

Reading the Economist

Can be used in two ways:

1. Describes a sexual act that could have occurred between two close friends as they share a shower together while one person is supposedly reading the Economist, or

2. Describes the use of a completely non-sensical excuse to explain why a guy and a girl were in the shower at the same time.

"Hey..we knocked on the door for like 15 minutes and no one answered..where were you?"

"In the shower with my friend."

"DOING WHAT?!"

"I was cold, so I decided to sit in the bathroom and absorb the steam, and so I was reading the Economist while I was there."

"..."

by Neb Nimajney August 24, 2006

Readington middleschool

A toxic ass school made up of whores who fuck everything that has a dick. Kids that think they cool cuz they be vapin an shii. Oh ass teachers who hate they job and only there to fuck up yo day by makin shii harder for you, and some crazy ass rapists that like to grab lil girls asses

Yo what school u go to?

Readington middleschool. Why
Oh fuck bro we can’t hang no mo.

Y?

Cuz u be goin to school wit a bunch of rich white whores

by Daddy moss if yk yk lmaoo January 7, 2020

Outside Reading

Reading done outside of school, usually by choice. After being mandatory in elementary school, pleasure reading was (therefore, perhaps?) regarded as uncool in middle school but trendy in high school.

Pleasure reading makes other people look like intellectuals, but doing my pleasure reading on some type of online dictionary did nothing for me.

by Diggity Monkeez April 3, 2005