Literacy 

What 99.9% of wordurbandictionary.com/word is lacking.

Literacy by Anonymous May 28, 2003

Literacy 

Having the ability and comprehension level enabling one to efficiently communicate with others within a specific profession.
However, a common misconception of this word defines it as having the ability to read with comprehension.

For example, a financial analyst does not have to be literate within the confines of working in the food industry, whereas a server or chef does not need the kind of literacy associated with working in the finance world.

Literacy by Anonymous January 14, 2004

literacy 

Something which is actually lower in the US than many other countries.

Adult litweracy rates:

USA, Austrailia- over 95%

Cape Verde, Africa -71.6%

Bahrain- 85.2%

Uk, France, Netherlands,Georgia, Eire, Japan, Russia, Nauru, Canada - 99.9%

Azerbaijan- 97.3%

Maldives 93.2%

Sri Lanka - 90.2%

Afghanistan-31.5%

Uzbekistan - 97%

Turkmenistan, Trinidad and Tobago 98%

Barbados- 97.4%
Kyrgyzstan - 97%

South Korea- 98%

North Korea- 99%

Vietnam- 93.7%

Phillipines- 94.6%

Brunei- 89%

Cambodia- 38%

China- 82.2%

Tonga- 93%


That's a selection of countries and their adult literacy rates. Isn't it funny that the USA, who is best represented on this site has a lower literacy rate than the former USSR countries.


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literacy by Gumba Gumba April 8, 2004

Literacy Specialist 

a superficial job created in school's for teachers who can't hack it in the real classroom. Usually parents have complained about these individuals, so the administrator creates a position for the individual, where the person can't do too much damage.

Q= "What happend to Mrs. X ,that terrible teacher? "

A= "She's a literacy specialist now."

Literacy Specialist by gitararvey March 22, 2010

Literacy rage 

The feeling of venomous bile rising from ones stomach when people can not master basic English.

"I was on Facebook and I saw Joanne's post. She keeps writing defiantly instead of definitely, it gives me literacy rage"

Literacy rage by nicestcuntyou'llevermeet March 7, 2017

Literacy Test 

it's a test in ontario that grade 10 students are forced to take and pass, if you don't pass you are forced to take it again until you pass or are forced to take a class against your will that will "help" you pass. Because if you do not pass in the future years of high school, you will fail high school..... it's also a shit load of ass because they say it's really hard and a lot of people fail... but it's extremely easy...too easy...

Before: "Ah CRAP!! the literacy test is today!! it's going to be hard!!"

After: "That was the easiest test ever...i didnt even need to study...."

Literacy Test by Nightwalker0 April 2, 2009

Literacy in the Sociology of Science

The ability to understand how social forces—institutions, networks, status hierarchies, funding systems—shape scientific knowledge production. It includes familiarity with concepts like the Matthew effect, the role of scientific communities, and the social construction of scientific facts. A person literate in the sociology of science can analyze how careers, collaborations, and institutional politics influence what gets studied and believed.

Literacy in the Sociology of Science Example: “His literacy in the sociology of science helped him spot why a certain theory dominated: not because it was better, but because its proponents controlled the key journals and trained the most students.”

Literacy in the Sociology of Science by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 24, 2026