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fad
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- pronunciation:
- faed
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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
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related words: |
trend |
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derivations: |
faddish (adj.), faddy (adj.), faddishness (n.), faddist (n.) |
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