fad

CEFRB2

/fæd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An activity or style that is popular for a short time.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Initialism of flavin adenine dinucleotide.

Examples

  • They don't want to admit that it's really a passing fad.

  • Democracy is such a fad!

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

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

More examples

In context

  • Loose jackets are the latest fad.

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

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).