Fairings

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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?")