fad

Definitions

1. fashion
2. A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
3. Initialism of flavin adenine dinucleotide.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
4. mode

Equivalents

Examples

“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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