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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

intuitive eating

Invented by Steven Hawks, a professor at BYU in Utah. The idea is that you can eat whatever you want, but only when you are actually hungry. This idea in theory keeps you from desiring or craving foods a diet wouldn't allow you to have. Professor Hawks apparently lost 50 pounds by following this philosophy, along with exercise, and is advocating it as a healtier lifestyle than just counting calories and dieting all the time.
1) "Hm, I'm tired of dieting... maybe I'll try intuitive eating."
intuitive eating by killerfiller December 5, 2005

Insultiment 

A phrase that can be taken to mean both an insult and a compliment.
1. "It looks like you've lost some weight."
-person responds: "Thanks for the insultiment asshole."

2. "Your hair looks nicer today."
-person responds:"...thanks....i guess."
Insultiment by philly12 April 5, 2009

intuitively obvious to the most casual observer 

Used in an ironic sense to mean that something is completely obvious, when in reality the exact opposite is true.
"The identity of Asmodean's murderer is intuitively obvious to the most casual observer!" --Robert Jordan

insulting 

when someone says something to you that makes you feel emotionally scarred. (insults vary in range of emotional anguish)
if someone calls you gay, and it makes you feel insulted by the insulting acusations of your sexuality

insultion 

"I'm studying the noble art of insultion"
insultion by JimmyK September 12, 2003