factor
= F =
fall over
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?")
--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.