The book off


the act of getting a book out on the train, tube bus or plane in order to avoid talking to the person next to you. subst-tutes include a newspaper, phone or ipod.
person one: “blablabla isn’t the weather terrible blablabla”
person two: (gets book out thus giving person one “the book off”)
person one stops talking.

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