fair

Similar to "true" or "good point" or "an astute observation"

Chatter 1: Homeland is often implausible.
Chatter 2: Fair.

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to be fair

A phrase which should mean something but rarely does when it's used by sports players - especially British soccer players - and radio/TV commentators. You think the speaker is about to offer a balanced point of view - e.g. "I know I'm critical of X, but, to be fair, he is recovering from a bad injury", but most times, they're just trotting out the same dumb platitudes to fill airtime. Interchangeable with "at the end of the day" and "as I say".

To be fair, it is a Wednesday.

To be fair, as I say, I'm talking into a microphone at the end of the day, Gary

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To be fair

A phrase that precedes a series of statements that, taken as a whole, are completely incorrect. This phase is commonly bandied about on a certain prestigious law school forum, populated by only a handful of people who happen each to have more than a dozen aliases, giving them the false impression that they're actually socializing.

Law School Poster: OMG top 1% at HYS. chances at WLRK?
To Be Fair: To be fair,

You shouldn't have gone to law school in the first place.

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fair

Not to be confused with equal.

Annoying Kid: That's not fair! Why don't I get candy?

Realist Kid: You know it's cuz that person knows you're annoying. That's very fair.

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fairness

I often laugh when someone declares a thing to be fair. Fairness is a funny illusion. It’s one of our most useful illusions, but it’s an illusion nonetheless.

My mother gave me a fucking scooter while she gave my little sister a new Cobalt. No fairness in that.

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in fairness

Irish slang for "To be honest"

"Did you go gattin at the weekend?"
"Nahh I'm sick of it now in fairness like"

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To Be Fair

form of starting an explanation.
another term generally used around the music btec regions of stratford.

'To be fair your mom is quite fit, she'd get it

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