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When someone receives one or more text messages from another person but doesn’t respond, they’re leaving the sender on read. As in, the sender can see that their texts were read, but there’s no reply.

(Pronounced as “on red.”)
Jason texted me five times last night but I left him on read.”
On read by no one, shut up August 26, 2019
Words you can keep
Reading A friend or ex's activity on various social networks (LinkedIn, Snapchat, Twitter or Facebook). But, not wanting to reply or verbally communicate with them.
"I keep Jim's Facebook on read to know what's going on in his life, but I don't want to talk to him"
on read by BadgerHouse4 June 16, 2017

Left on read 

When an individual whom you’ve sent a message/snap to, opens the message knowing full well that you can see that they have and then chooses not to reply. A particularly obnoxious thing to do if the message deemed an answer
I got left on read by him

Left on read 

The highest level of disrespect a human can recieve.
Me:I'm gonna kill myself
Friend:*leaves you on read*
Me:*kills self*
Friend:(years later) sry for leaving you on read... u good?

The highest level of disrespect a human can recieve. left on read
Left on read by Joopmastersteve April 3, 2017

Left on read 

When someone doesn't text you back in a appropriate amount of time but will still post shit on social media. He's not into you
Damn i texted brian 5 hours ago but he updated his insta story.......

Friend: you've been left on read homie move on
Left on read by ReallyTho? October 28, 2018

left on read 

When someone reads someone's text, but does not reply.
Kayla: Have you talked to Brittany?
Pam: Yeah, 5 minutes ago.
Kayla: Wow. I was left on read by her an hour ago.
Word of the Day on September 15, 2018

Left on read 

When you text, snapchat, dm, inbox, etc. someone and you wait a little for them to answer. And you see they opened or read the message and they don't answer for a while or even at all.
Guy: "Yo that girl got me left on read"... *sigh*
Guys Friend: "Damn bro move on already" lmao
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Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 28, 2026

age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 27, 2026

board chow 

A)
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.

B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.

B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
board chow by BinaryHackerMan September 3, 2007
Word of the Day on August 26, 2026

young pup 

a young person, a young adult in their late teens/early 20s.
Ah, you're just a young pup at 23!
young pup by the dog May 30, 2006
Word of the Day on August 25, 2026
West Midlands slang word for rockers, bikers, greasers etc. In the late 1980s it was used by the UK music press to refer to a specific scene centered around the bands Pop Will Eat Itself and Crazyhead. The term never found favour with readers of 'the inkies' (Sounds, Melody Maker and the still extant NME) and was soon dropped. Now often used in predominantly working-class areas of the midlands and the north to mean someone who listens to rock-derived music and/or dresses in a manner that suggests they affiliate themselves with rock music of some kind.
Some grebo passed with Sabbath playing on his stereo.
The Poppies are at no. 17? God, a grebo band in the charts!
They're playing nu-metal now, bloody grebos!
grebo by cactuscat September 15, 2006
Word of the Day on August 24, 2026
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