Fair to middilin' 

In the cotton industry a number 1 bail of cotton is linen grade while a number 2 bail is "Fair to middilin', not good enough for linen but good enough for bluejeans. A fair to middilin' bale of number 2 grade cotton.

Store clerk ask me how was my day, and I replied "Fair to middilin, hows yours".

Fair to middilin' by David b July 14, 2005

fair to middlin 

"Fair to middlin" is a Deep South term for okay, fair enough, alright.

That movie was fair to middlin'.

fair to middlin by Deedra October 30, 2007

fair to middlin 

Refers to the old practice of grading cotton not the highest or lowest quality but the grade in the middle between the best and the worst. Southern collaqualism means fair or ok

How's that project coming? Aww just fair to middlin

fair to middlin by Slamming Sammy May 14, 2009

fair to middlin' 

Term meaning "okay" rather than "fantastic" or "terrible". Derived from the classic game Oregon Trail, which was played on old school Apple Computers. When asked how good of a shot you are, your options are: poor, fair to middlin', and expert.

Ed: How are you today?
Suzy: Meh, fair to middlin'. I woke up kinda late, but i found five buucks in my pocket.

fair to middlin' by sara elisabeth September 30, 2006