The act of compelling oneself to read highly tedious or difficult material, whether in book, journal or electronic format, particularly under pressure to do so within a specified deadline. A technique commonly employed by students working on essays or dissertations, or persons working late at night preparing for a presentation or exam the following day.
"I was force-reading the paper, hoping to spark my interest in politics and finally start working on my thesis"
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. PenguinBooks,1992. p. 38)