fad

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A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.

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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.
The pet rock fad was started by an advertising executive named Gary Dahl. The premise was simple: take ordinary rocks, glue eyes on them, and market them as pets.

Étymologie

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).

Formes

pluriel: fads

factory · A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.facts · Used to express agreement.faculty · The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or…

fad · A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.

fade · A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right…faded · That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.fading · The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.

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