read someone to filth

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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 LGBT community) To thoroughly insult, to comprehensively call attention to the flaws or shortcomings of an individual.
    Synonym: read someone for filth