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subjective 

Making a decision depending on personal taste or experience rather including other people in the decision making process.
musical taste is very subjective.

A personal opinion is subjective.
subjective by Rachel Austin December 28, 2005

subjective guess who 

A game played with the traditional board game "guess who" but with slightly different rules. The only difference is that all questions must be subjective in nature. There should be no way to be 100% sure if you are elimating the correct people or not. No one ever really wins, but it is really fun.
Sample questions:
"Is, or has your person ever been, a librarian?"
"Is your person racist?"
"Is your person a member of a wine-of-the-month club?"
"Does your person own multiple cats?"

Examples of questions not allowed in subjective guess who:
"Does your person have a mustache?"
"Does your person have long hair?"

subjectively meaningless 

something that is objectively meaningless according to the person telling you this phrase but meaningful (and relevant) to everyone else you know (the 'everyone you know' includes most people in your generation/age range/social category)
boy 1) my mother says that smoking Mary Jane is meaningless

boy 2) just ignore your old lady. her opinion is subjectively meaningless but meaningful to idiotager or idiotagers in our class.

subjectify 

v. To make subjective. Also to express something abstract in a personal or emotional way. i.e. put your own spin on it. The opposite of objectify.

Derivatives include: subjectification, subjectifying, subjectifies, subjectified

Not currently a real word.
Most people subjectify facts to fit their own ideas.

Some news outlets subjectify the news to fit their agenda.
subjectify by maggggggggie December 22, 2008

Subverting expectations 

lame excuse for a really bad plot twist in a movie or series
- Dude, that last season of Game of Thrones was a real letdown. I expected something deeper.
- Yeah, it's called "subverting expectations" these days.

subjectivity 

um, you'll have to define this for yourself.
subjectivity is a subjective and elusive concept.
subjectivity by dblah August 6, 2004