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The definition of a fad is something that people are interested in for a short period of time

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An example of fad is the doll line called the "Cabbage Patch Kids."

See fad in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a custom, style, etc. that many people are interested in for a short time; passing fashion; craze

Origin: 19th c. < Brit Midland dial.

Related Forms:

faddy adjective

See fad in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly from fidfad, fussy person, fussy

Origin: , from fiddle-faddle

Related Forms:

fadˈdism noun

fadˈdist noun

fadˈdy adjective

abbreviation

flavin adenine dinucleotide

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