Painterly torn pages swirling above a small stack of worn books against a dark background.

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Fez

Crack a book, you lazy son-of-a-bitch.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The instruction to read is joined to an insult that presents laziness as the obstacle. Its force comes from the accusation rather than an explanation of what the book offers. The phrase uses opening a book as a compact demand for intellectual effort.

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