What does backread mean?
Backread means (Internet slang, especially IRC) To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for..
Backread
/ˈbækˌɹiːd/ · verb
Meaning
(Internet slang, especially IRC) To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for..
Definitions by Sense
- (Internet slang, especially IRC) To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for.
- To interpret what one has read previously in the light of later experience or knowledge.
Example Sentences
Thereafter, Freud was obliged not only to expand but to backread that expansion into all that came before.
What must be recognized is the nature of the source material in which one sees a theological/ideological backreading of history.
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Thereafter, Freud was obliged not only to expand but to backread that expansion into all that came before.
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