read someone to filth en · VERB
Etymology
From the black gay slang term read (“call attention to someone's flaws”).
Meanings
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(idiomatic, informal, qualifier:at first especially in the black LGBTQ community) To thoroughly insult, to comprehensively call attention to the flaws or shortcomings of (someone).
For quotations using this term, see Citations:read someone to filth.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reads someone to filth | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| read someone to filth | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| read someone to filth | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| reading someone to filth | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |