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fad

 
 
pronunciation:
faed
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part of speech: noun
definition: A fad is a very popular new thing that lots of people are doing or taking an interest in. When something is a fad, people enjoy it a lot for a while, and then they get tired of it and turn their attention to something else. Fads come and go.
Yo-yos were a big fad in the 1950s. Yo-yos are still popular, but in the 1950s, it seemed like everybody was playing with one.Some fads are really crazy. In the 1920s, college students were swallowing goldfish!
synonyms:
rage, trend
similar words:
fashion, style
derivations: faddish (adj.), faddy (adj.), faddishness (n.), faddist (n.)
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