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airy-fairy

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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.

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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.
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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.
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This is not some airy-fairy issue for academicians and other assorted thumb-suckers.
Beware of global backlash. (Editor's Note) by Holstein, William J. / Chief Executive (U.S.)
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