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airy-fairy (British informal) not practical or not useful in real situations She's talking about selling her house and buying an old castle in Ireland. It all sounds a bit airy-fairy to me. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Having to meet standards and quantify
success is a lot harder than simply talking about it in some abstract
way, in a vague, airy-fairy vision statement. While again nothing new, they
at least point in a less airy-fairy direction than the rest of the show,
especially because they had to battle for attention with the hysterical
bet-hedging that surrounded them. This is not some airy-fairy issue for
academicians and other assorted thumb-suckers. |
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