fairy snuff

intj
/ˌfɛəɹɪˈsnʌf/UK

Etymology

A humorous alteration due to the homeophony of fair enough and fairy snuff.

Definitions

  1. Fair enough.

    • An impeccable Cockney rhyme, though it may offend purists of speech, is burnt cinders ‘windows’; whilst fairy snuff ‘fair enough’ is certainly a true rhyme despite its extra s.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fairy snuff. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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