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fad

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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"
craze, furor, furore, cult, rage
fashion - the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior
fad
noun craze, fashion, trend, fancy, rage, mode, vogue, whim, mania, affectation
Translations
Spanish fad [fæd] n → novedad f; moda
French fad [fæd] n (personal) → manie f (= craze); engouement m
German fad [fæd] n → Fimmel m, Tick m
Italian fad [fæd] n → mania; capriccio
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The fad without a name was one which dealt with people's finger marks.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
He was the fad of the hour, the adventurer who had stormed Parnassus while the gods nodded.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
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.
Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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