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Instinctive Inquiry 

1. A deliberate yet unstructured approach to experimentation where the question is carefully crafted with a clear goal in mind, but the testing process is fluid, spontaneous, and open to unexpected insights. It values creativity, instinct, and adaptability over conventional scientific rigor, fostering discovery through non-traditional methods.

2. A process of exploration and testing that begins with a purposeful, well-thought-out hypothesis or question, aimed at reaching a specific and intentional conclusion. Unlike traditional scientific methods, the approach to testing is freeform, relying on intuition, gut feeling, and creative exploration rather than rigid protocols or measurement.
Instead of following a strict experimental protocol, Sarah approached the problem with instinctive inquiry, allowing her intuition and spontaneous insights to guide the process, ultimately uncovering a solution she hadn’t expected.
Instinctive Inquiry by NakedEdmund February 19, 2025

indistinctive 

Stupid Fucking Idiot
John:indistinctive is so stupid

Jada:true!!!!

instructive

describing a novel, e.g. The Giving Tree, from which an extroverted inebriate in tenleytown may or may not have received some knowledge or life lesson, upon reading, once.

however, to said inebriate, definition unknown.
"i read a novel once."
"was it INSTRUCTIVE?"
"i don't know what that means."
"oh, i'm very sorry. did you learn anything?"
instructive by suzabbareena January 17, 2005

instinctical 

an action you commit based purely on instinct.

an example of its use is as a way out of an akward situation where you did something embarrassing.
"Did you seriously just take off your pants?"
* Awkward silence*
"Um...well it was purely instinctical!"

"You just gave me the middle finger."
"No I didn't! I mean, I did, but it was instinctical, so it didn't mean anything."
instinctical by glabsager April 7, 2010

instigatively 

to say something to someone in a instigating tone
john said to ben instigatively
instigatively by jbrooke1017 December 2, 2020

indistinctive 

indistinctive is the best tiktoker out there, they barely post but who cares they are super beautiful and awesome!! the best chuuya stan on tiktok for sure !!
everyone: wow indistinctive posted im gonna go like it!!
indistinctive by sexy baka April 21, 2021
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Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
Oh man those burritos gave me the throat sweats, I hope I don’t have food poisoning.
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Person 1: Did u watch ** last nite?
Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
aired by Pietro February 9, 2005
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piddlefart

Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
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anyone who succeeds in disgracing/over indulging themselves in the throws of clubland
28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
wrongun by bevvers March 21, 2007
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square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
square grouper by slipsheet November 6, 2004
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