Detective Inspector Lestrade from the Sherlock Holmes Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
(Played by Rupert Graves in the BBC version.)
Sherlock can never seem to remember his name...
Greg Lestrade... Did you mean Geoff?... Graham?... Jeff?
A good roleplayer. Specifically, a literate roleplayer does not use chatspeak, spells word correctly, and has proper usage and grammar. Literates are less likely to be desperates or n00bs and generally roleplays well.
If you see a thread with "LITERATE ROLEPLAY/LITERATES ONLY" in the subject line, it means they only accept people who have good grammar.
1. The literacy rate is 97% in America, meaning 97% of Americans can read and write.
2. The difference between a literate roleplayer and an advanced roleplayer is that being advanced specifically states that you are good at writing (i.e. descriptions, characters) but literate just means you have goodgrammar, although they're often used interchangeably.
The term pertains to someone unable to use language correctly. The word implies that someone cannot spell, speak, form sentences, or in any wayconverse at a level at or equal to that of Republican vice-presidential candidates.
"Man, why was ridiculous spelled wrong in that email?"
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."