bookook

Definition

The act of rapidly fast-forwarding through commercials or boring segments on a TiVo—a relic of early 2000s television culture when skipping ads was still thrilling and newfangled.

Example Usage

I bookooked through like half of that reality show because the drama was too slow.

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