fairings

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fairings - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  fairings
   n., /fer'ingz/
  
     [FreeBSD; orig. a typo for fairness] A term thrown out in discussion
     whenever a completely and transparently nonsensical argument in one's
     favor(?) seems called for, e,g. at the end of a really long thread
  for
     which the outcome is no longer even cared about since everyone is now
     so sick of it; or in rebuttal to another nonsensical argument
  ("Change
     the loader to look for /kernel.pl? What about fairings?")