Sky Fairy

See also: sky fairy

English

Etymology

sky +‎ fairy, from a sarcastic image of God to a magical, mythic creature who lives in the sky (i.e. heaven).

Proper noun

Sky Fairy

  1. (Internet slang, sarcastic, pejorative) The Abrahamic God.
    • 2007 October 25, ScottyFLL [username], “Re: Dr. Francis Collins on The Colbert Report”, in alt.atheism, Usenet‎:
      Because theists are forgiven by the Sky Fairy. So they can be as bad as they wanna be.
    • 2010 June 29, Major Debacle [username], “What's the difference between the Taliban and the Christian right?”, in alt.religion.christian, Usenet‎:
      ... other than the fact that they have different names for the Sky Fairy?
    • 2011 March 11, Kevin N, “Re: OT: Monster Quake and Tsunami in Pacific”, in rec.music.classical.recordings, Usenet‎:
      Which is pretty much the tantamount to saying the Sky Fairy sent the tsunami to punish man's wickedness, i.e utter nonsense.
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