Fairs

Can be used in place of 'fair enough'. Informal and very casual

Friend 1: I just broke up with my gf
Friend 2: how come?
Friend 1: caught her banging this other dude
Friend 2: fairs

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Faire

slang for Renfaire or Renaissance Faire. It is a word usually used by cast, vendors, or regular visitors of a Renaissance Faire.

I can't wait to go to the Faire. I've been working all month on this new costume.

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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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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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