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untuitive 

A blatent disregard for natural intuition when building something for human use.
I couldn't figure out how to use that web app, the navigation was untuitive.
untuitive by DarkHouse April 4, 2008

Inductive Reasoning

X has attributes A, B, and C.
Y has attributes A and B.
So, Y has attribute C.
Inductive Reasoning:

Jesus has brown hair.
I have brown hair.
I am Jesus.
Inductive Reasoning by fish27 December 7, 2009

Funductive 

Fun + Productive

Term coined by Chad Ochocinco meaning having fun while being productive at the same time.
Ochocinco: Today's football practice is gonna to be a funductive day.
Funductive by och8cinco October 6, 2009

Inductive Definition

An Inductive Definition.
PHP is an inductive definition.

Inductive Sophism

The use of inductive reasoning in bad faith—demanding inductive certainty where none is possible, or dismissing inductive conclusions for not being deductive. Inductive Sophism treats probability as failure, patterns as insufficient, and statistical evidence as worthless because it doesn't provide certainty. The sophist exploits the gap between induction's strength and deduction's certainty, demanding that inductive arguments meet deductive standards—an impossible task. It's sophistry about reasoning: using the limits of induction to dismiss all inductive conclusions.
"The evidence strongly suggests the policy works—90% success rate across dozens of studies. 'But that's just induction,' he said. 'Not proof.' Inductive Sophism: demanding deductive certainty from inductive reasoning. The standard was impossible, which was the point. No evidence would ever be enough because he'd already decided induction doesn't count."

flophouse 

Any house/apartment/frat house/trailer/etc. which is used for individuals to crash (sleep, chill, hang out, lurk, etc.) for a period of time. In order to "crash", one must not actually live there (e.g. have their name on the lease, own said flophouse, etc.). Flophouses are typically used by college students, drug addicts, transients, vagrants, or other unsavory characters.

A flophouse may also be the home owned by the parents of a college student, who after being away at college, wishes to live as if he/she is still at college (e.g. staying out all night, returning just to crash at mom and dad's house, then leaving again), rather than conforming to the pre-college rules.
Example #1
Dude: (Talking to someone passed out face first on the floor of his college apartment) Hey man, who the hell are you? What do you think this is, a flophouse??

Bro: Sorry dude, I must have passed out for a minute.

Example #2
Mom: Where have you BEEN for the last three days? You come home just to sleep?? What do you think this is, a flophouse??!!

Son: What's your problem? I'm an adult now!
flophouse by J3553 November 21, 2007
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