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When you take a sentence or phrase that someone has said (possibly an insult) and twist it back around to insult or threaten them.

Sometimes extremely funny, other times extremly lame. Lame when you just switch the subject (Example 1) and ultra-hilarious when used against figures of authority (Example 2).
1. Cody: Henry, your entire family is gay.
Henry: No, your entire family is gay!

2. Mr. Kostick: Nate, move to the other side of the room. Leave Aric alone, he actually has ambition of passing this class.
Nate Godin: I have ambition of throwing a chair at your head.
Anthony: Good inversion, Nathan. (Not actually said)
Inversion by Anthony St.Pierre June 11, 2006
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a form of the alphabet where it is inverted half way through
therefore

a b c d e f g h i j k l m
z y x w v u t s r q p o n

so a=z g=t s=h

the result is always in capitals
with inversion colin becomes XLORM
inversion by XLORM December 30, 2011
When the penis, due to cold or extreme revulsion, retreats back into the body. An uber soft-on.
That Noelene bitch is so ugly she gave me an inversion. My dick's in hiding!
inversion by CountFistula August 3, 2005
according to philly special, it's the state of inverting something
inversion

inverting the letters "zrz" to "rzr"
inversion by madea's alter ego, rzr September 6, 2020

inversion layer 

A woman who enjoys having sex upside-down.
"Man, she was a total inversion layer, she was all "hold my legs,hold my legs" on me.."
inversion layer by rochallor February 5, 2009

Inversion confused

Someone that doesn't know the difference or complementary colors and inverted colors

Negative Reality Inversion 

A Negative Reality Inversion (NRI) a term originating from the series "The Young Ones" and is actually technobabble.

A Reality Inversion would be the symmetrical inversion of reality. Making it negative would actually cancel it out, leaving you with reality.
NEIL: Anybody watching that must've thought it was a negative reality inversion.

*A man and woman are making out in the shadows
WOMAN: Cor, that looked just like a negative reality inversion, didn't it?
MAN: Yes, it did, a bit.

*They turn their attention back to each other
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