fad
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3.5
- noun
- /fæd/
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moda pasajera
- The latest fitness craze is just a passing fad that may not last for long.
- a passing fad
- the latest fad
- just a fad
And then and then that, that fad kind of faded out.
- And then and then that, that fad kind of faded out.
- But like, it was just like a new fad that people had and stuff like that.
- If you follow a a fad, you'll go broke.
- What do you think of the dangerous fads now?
- So and it's, it might be a fad.
- So I think there are these fads that a lot of celebrities or geniuses follow.
- Am I just infatuated with a new fad, new cool thing?
- It seems like a fad, but it's actually hundreds of thousands of years old.
- They're not creating trends, they're not creating fads.
- It's not a phase that you go through or a fad.
- Then when we were successful, they said, oh, that's it's just a fad.
- Yep, Don't worry folks, AI is just a fad.
- Let us say some business like you know, in United States, this become a fad.
- So what, you know, we, we went through the one laptop per child fad, which didn't do anything.
Examples
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Who would have thought the bathing suit fad would go from that to this?
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Of late, my dear, this fad of buying on credit has entered the business world.
Fiction book (1993) -
But like, it was just like a new fad that people had and stuff like that.
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Do you think work life balance exists or is that just a fad thing we say?
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The name change matter appears to be a fad that is turning into a trend.
Academic text (1993) -
I remember trying every fad diet... starving myself for four days in a row.
Academic text (1997) -
The current fad then was for megavitamins.
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It seems like a fad, but it's actually hundreds of thousands of years old.
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There was a genuine fad for guns in French culture during the 1930s and 1940s.
Academic text (1992) -
It's the latest fad.
Synonyms
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3.7
Something very popular or fashionable at that time
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4.2
A short time when many people like the same thing
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5.5
Very popular and fashionable at a certain time
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2.6
The most recent style many people follow
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7.4
A short period of quick growth or interest
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3.8
A thing that many people see and share online very quickly
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8.5
A thing that many people like and find exciting right now
Antonyms
Compounds
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5.6
A way of eating that lasts a short time and cuts out certain foods without clear proof it works
How Popular
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word fad has an uncertain origin but has been used since the 1800s to mean a short, sudden craze. A helpful way to remember fad is to think of a quick 'fancy' — a sudden idea people like only for a short time, which is why a fad comes and goes.