sky fairy

noun

A god.

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sky fairy1

nounsky fairy (plural sky fairies)

plural sky fairies

  1. derogatoryoffensivepossiblyslangA god.

    You don't prove the negative. The burden of proof is on those who posit the existence of their cosmic sky fairy.

    2013 December 1, Gawdlezz [username], “Re: What!? You Mean Birds Did Come from Dinosaurs, After All?”, in alt.politics.usa (Usenet)
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    Bull fucking shit! When are you assholes going to start taking responsibility for your personal preferences and distastes instead of laying the blame at the doorstep of that hallucinatory sky-fairy you suck up to.

    1997 September 28, erikc <firewevr@insync.net>, “I Am A Gay Christian And Proud Of It.”, in alt.religion.christian.roman-catholic (Usenet), archived from the original on 11 Nov 2025

    Then there's the Roman sky fairies, the ancient Greek sky fairies the multi-limbed female with an Elephant's head that the "world's biggest democracy" (India) believes in.

    2008 March 20, Zarya, “Re: If You Have Morality and Reason on Your Side . . . .”, in aus.politics (Usenet)

    This thread has degenerated now into a debate about whose sky fairy is the true sky fairy and therefore has reached the point of total absurdity.

    2012 February 13, Ördög [username], “Re: The most unpopular government ever...”, in aus.politics (Usenet)

    Synonyms: sky daddy, god, godship, deity, divinity, manitou, sky daddy, supreme being

Sky Fairy2

proper nounthe Sky Fairy
  1. derogatoryoffensivepossiblyslangblasphemousSynonym of God, particularly the Abrahamic God.

    ... other than the fact that they have different names for the Sky Fairy?

    2010 June 29, Major Debacle [username], “What's the difference between the Taliban and the Christian right?”, in alt.religion.christian (Usenet)
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    Because theists are forgiven by the Sky Fairy. So they can be as bad as they wanna be.

    2007 October 25, ScottyFLL [username], “Re: Dr. Francis Collins on The Colbert Report”, in alt.atheism (Usenet)

    Which is pretty much the tantamount to saying the Sky Fairy sent the tsunami to punish man's wickedness, i.e^([sic]) utter nonsense.

    2011 March 11, Kevin N, “Re: OT: Monster Quake and Tsunami in Pacific”, in rec.music.classical.recordings (Usenet)

    Synonyms: God, particularly the Abrahamic God, sky daddy

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of God, particularly the Abrahamic God.

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Godparticularly the Abrahamic Godsky daddy

Origin

sky fairy · noun

A generalization of the earlier Sky Fairy, q.v.

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Sky Fairy · proper noun

From sky + fairy, in reference to the usual conception of the Abrahamic God as a supernatural being resident in Heaven.

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sky fairy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sky%20fairy

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“sky fairy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sky%20fairy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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