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FAD

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FAD
abbr.
flavin adenine dinucleotide

fad  (fd)
n.
A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.

[Possibly from fidfad, fussy person, fussy, from fiddle-faddle.]

faddism n.
faddist n.
faddy adj.

fad
Noun
Informal
1. an intense but short-lived fashion: the skateboard fad
2. a personal whim [origin unknown]
faddish adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.FADfad - an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
fashion - the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior

fad
Translations
fad [fæd] nnovedad f; moda

fad [fæd] n (personal) → manie f (= craze); engouement m

fad [fæd] nFimmel m, Tick m

fad [fæd] nmania; capriccio

fad
n fad [fad]
a temporary fashion; a craze, interest or activity that (some) people follow enthusiastically, but lasts for a short period of time What's the latest fad in dieting?; a health-food fad. manie, gril, gier بِدْعَه، موضَه، هَوَس прищявка móda, módní výstřelek, bláznivý nápad modefænomen; dille der (letzte) Schrei in etwas παροδική συνήθεια, μόδα novedad, moda moehullus, -narrus مد زودگذر tocade שִׁגָעוֹן חוֹלֵף @@@שִׁיגָעוֹן חוֹלֵף$$$ सनक, मनोलहरी hir, prolazna moda (divat)hóbort, szeszély kegiatan musiman moda passeggera 一時的流行 mada mode; untums sementara rage; bevlieging, gril dille, mani, mote trend, przelotna moda modă увлечение, поветрие módny hit, prechodná móda modna muha prolazna moda modefluga, nyck, trend สมัยนิยม moda, geçici tutku 時尚, 一時流行的狂熱, 一時的愛好 пунктик; скороминуще захоплення کوئی وقتی شوق mốt nhất thời , 流行的,
adj faddish
vol fiemies/grille/ giere, kieskeurig بِدعي вманиачен módní; honící se za poslední módou modepræget trendy της μόδας, παροδικός novedoso, de moda veider اهل مد؛ دمدمی éphémère שִׁגעוֹנִי @@@ שִׁיגעוֹנִי$$$ सनकी hirovit, sklon prolaznim pasijama (modama) hóbortos bersifat musiman passeggero 一時的流行の madingas, įnoringas modīgs ikut-ikutan grillig, capricieus full av griller, mote- kapryśny прихотливый podľa poslednej módy muhast pomodan vurmig, full av hugskott, nyckfull ที่เป็นสมัยนิยม tutkulu, gelip geçici hevese kapılan 趨于時尚的, 流行的 дивакуватий انوکھا gàn; dở hơi , 流行
n faddishness
modebeheptheid, fiemiesheid, kieskeurigheid بِدْعِيَّـه вманиаченост upřednostňování módních trendů modedille der Trend παροδικότητα, ιδιοτυπία la novedad, la moda veidrus مد گرایی maniaquerie שִׁגעוֹנִיוּת @@@ שִׁיגעוֹנִיוּת$$$ सनक mušičavost, hirovitost hóbortosság kegiatan yang bersifat musiman l'essere passeggero 一時的流行を追うこと mados sekimas, įnoringumas modīgums menjadi ikut-ikutan grilligheid motedille/-dyrking kapryśność прихотливость uprednostňovanie módnych trendov muhavost pomodnost vurmighet, nyckfullhet ความเป็นสมัยนิยม tutkululuk, gelip geçici heveslere kapılma 時尚 дивацтво انوکھاپن tính kỳ cục; tính gàn dở


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The fad without a name was one which dealt with people's finger marks.
He was the fad of the hour, the adventurer who had stormed Parnassus while the gods nodded.
On the contrary, he's as poor as a rat for his position, and apparently without the least ambition to be anything else; certainly he won't enrich himself by making a public fad of what all sensible people are agreed upon as it is.
 
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