Definitions
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- verb Internet, slang, especially in IRC To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for.
- verb To
interpret what one hasread previously in the light of laterexperience orknowledge - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
backread .
Etymologies
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back + read
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Examples
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I'm going to backread through your blog and see if you've written about any books I've posted about.
unknown title 2008
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I'm going to backread through your blog and see if you've written about any books I've posted about.
unknown title 2008
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Eh, I have not backread yet - got caught by cunt - and owe comments on that stuff I was/am interested in.
On Profanity: 3 Hal Duncan 2009
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