pixie dust

pixie dust
 n.— «Company employees knew of the false accounting entries and referred to them as “pixie dust” or “fairy dust,” according to the committee’s report.» —“HealthSouth CEO’s trial has local angle” by Jim Hall Free Lane-Star (Fredericksburg, Va.) Mar. 11, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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