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What is a rule of thumb?

What is a rule of thumb? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge.
  2. (hyphenated) Approximated, guesstimated.
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A good rule of thumb for predicting the Next Big Thing is the length of the queue trying to see them.
As a rule of thumb, it is safe to assume that your subordinates, peers and superiors do not lie awake at night thinking up ways to do you dirt.
Our rule of thumb is to keep most pages less than 60K, including scripts, style sheets, and graphic images.
It's kind of a dogs-and-kids rule of thumb that if the dog growls at a kid, they shouldn't be left alone together.
As a general rule, that is probably true, but it is really only a rule of thumb.
As a rule of thumb, buyers tend to desire the cars that were the status symbols of their youth, and desired models vary from country to country.

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