Fad

//fæd// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.

    "You're a fad, that means you're something that we've already had, but once you're gone, you don't come back."

  2. 2
    Initialism of flavin adenine dinucleotide. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    an interest followed with exaggerated zeal wordnet

Synonyms

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best sellerbig hitboutadebrainstormbrilliant successcapriccio

Example

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"Loose jackets are the latest fad."

Etymology

Of English dialectal origin. Further origin obscure. Possibly from Old English ġefæd (“order, decorum”) (compare Old English ġefæd (“orderly, tidy”), fadian, ġefadian (“to set in order, arrange”), whence Middle English faden (“to arrange”)); or from French fadaise ("a trifling thought"; see fadaise).

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