fad
noun/fæd/
/fæd/
- something that people are interested in for only a short period of time synonym craze
- the latest/current fad
- a fad for physical fitness
- Rap music proved to be more than just a passing fad.
Extra Examples- the fad for cookery programmes
- the fad for cosmetic surgery
- Fads for vitamin supplements have been overtaken by a vogue for minerals and trace elements.
- It's just a fad. It won't last.
- These fads come and go.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- latest
- new
- …
- fad for
Word Originmid 19th cent. (originally dialect): probably the second element of fidfad, contraction of fiddle-faddle. Compare with faddy.
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