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Deduction 

1) An idea formed by deducing.

2) Subtraction.
1) I made the deduction that somebody had stolen my goldfish for revenge after putting the clues all together.

2) The ten-point deduction in round two really stomped out his internal fire; he just played the rest of the rounds out after that and took the loss.
Deduction by Diggity Monkeez March 12, 2005

Black Dynamite Deduction 

Where one deduces a solution to a problem or mystery by taking one clue and bringing it to another in a long chain of paranoid connections until it leads to the conclusion. Named after the famous ''Anaconda Malt Liquor Conclusion Scene'' in Black Dynamite, where the titular character somehow realizes that Anaconda Malt liquor was the government's secret weapon after Bullhorn said "melt in your mouth", making several arbitrary connections until it led to the answer.
*Gasp* "Human being"? That word kind of sounds like "bean." Beans are legumes, "legumes" has the word "leg" in it. Ian's mom has really nice legs, and Ian's mom is so old she's practically dead, which can only mean one thing! Oh my Bieber! YOU'RE BECOMING A ZOMBIE!
--Anthony Padilla from Smosh using Black Dynamite Deduction to deduce that Ian Hecox is becoming a zombie

Weapons of mass deduction 

Taxes or else other methods of removing the working people's hard earned cash. Typically utilized by the man, these weapons are a crime against humanity and a sin against nature.
Tom: Who in the name of Ayn Rand do the IRS think they are, taking my pay from me? I don't owe them two farts!

Dave: Too bad they have those bloody weapons of mass deduction.

standard deduction

The traditional Lenten sacrifice of abstinence from non-seafood meat (beef, pork, chicken, lamb, etc.), as opposed to any additional sacrifice like chocolate, beer, video games, or sex.
GF: Are you gonna give up playing Guitar Hero for Lent?
BF: Hells no, I gotta finish it in hard. I'll just take the standard deduction.
GF: Step aside, then. I just need to beat "Free Bird" in expert to finish the game. Nooch!
standard deduction by resident alian February 19, 2008

Fisher's deduction 

The more issues a person crudely shoehorns down into a liberal/conservative dichotomy, the more certain you can be that the person is an American
Exact origins are unknown, but Fisher's Deduction is a maxim or meme found in USENET and other online discussions, similarly to Godwin's Law.
Fisher's deduction by office glen November 14, 2005

standard deduction

The traditional Lenten sacrifice of abstinence from non-seafood meat (beef, pork, chicken, lamb, etc.), as opposed to any additional sacrifice like chocolate, beer, video games, or sex.
GF: Are you gonna give up playing Guitar Hero for Lent?
BF: Hells no, I gotta finish it in hard. I'll just take the standard deduction.
GF: Step aside, then. I just need to beat "Knights of Cydonia" in expert to finish the game. Nooch!
standard deduction by resident alian February 18, 2008