read someone to filth

English

Etymology

From the black gay slang term read (“call attention to someone's flaws”).

Verb

read someone to filth (third-person singular simple present reads someone to filth, present participle reading someone to filth, simple past and past participle read someone to filth)

1. (idiomatic, informal, at first especially in the black LGBTQ community) To thoroughly insult, to comprehensively call attention to the flaws or shortcomings of (someone).

   Synonym: read someone for filth

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