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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>fairings</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="factor.html" title="factor"/><link rel="next" href="fall-over.html" title="fall over"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">fairings</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="factor.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="fall-over.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="fairings"/><dt xmlns="" id="fairings"><b>fairings</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/fer´ingz/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [FreeBSD; orig. a typo for <span class="firstterm">fairness</span>] A term thrown out in discussion
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whenever a completely and transparently nonsensical argument in one's
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favor(?) seems called for, e,g. at the end of a really long thread for
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which the outcome is no longer even cared about since everyone is now so
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sick of it; or in rebuttal to another nonsensical argument (“<span class="quote">Change
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the loader to look for /kernel.pl? What about fairings?</span>”)</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="factor.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="fall-over.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">factor </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> fall over</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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