sayasan's definitions

orders of magnitude

A hyperbolical and completely unnecessary adverbial phrase in techie or business-speak that simply means "much" or "considerably".

"I think we would like it to be more reliable," Katz-Bassett said. "It's orders of magnitude less reliable than the telephone network right now. I think it should be pretty possible to get it closer."

(From a Yahoo! news report)

by sayasan April 12, 2008

fairy piss

A weak, superficial, inferior form of paganism. Term of abuse used by someone who considers their own spirituality to be more robust.

Heard said by a Christian from the celtic tradition: "That New Age commune in X is a bunch of fairy piss."

by sayasan April 12, 2008