Magic Dust
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
An imaginary substance people act as if will somehow make a bad plan work without real effort or design change. In engineering slang, sprinkling magic dust is what teams do when they substitute optimism for mechanism.
In plain English: A joking term for fake easy fixes or wishful thinking.
Example: "Calling the model 'AI-powered' was not enough; the proposal still needed a real evaluation plan instead of marketing magic dust."