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I'm pretty sure people are going to start writing letters again once the email fad passes.
Willie Geist

Meaning of "fad" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FAD

Of uncertain origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FAD

fad  [fæd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fad is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fad

Fad

A fad is any form of behavior that develops among a large population and is collectively followed enthusiastically for a period of time, generally as a result of the behavior being perceived as popular by one's peers or being deemed "cool" by social media. A fad is said to "catch on" when the number of people adopting it begins to increase rapidly. The behavior will normally fade quickly once the perception of novelty is gone. The specific nature of the behavior associated with a fad can be of any type including language usage, apparel, financial investment, and even food. Apart from general novelty, fads may be driven by mass media programming, emotional excitement, peer pressure, or the desire of "being hip".Fads may also be set by popular celebrities. Though the term trend may be used interchangeably with fad, a fad is generally considered a quick and short behavior whereas a trend is considered to be a behavior that evolves into a relatively permanent change. In the late 1950s, the word beatnik was a major fad after it was coined as a portmanteau between "beat" and "Sputnik".

Definition of fad in the English dictionary

The definition of fad in the dictionary is an intense but short-lived fashion; craze. Other definition of fad is a personal idiosyncrasy or whim.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAD

facundity
fadable
fadaise
Fadden
faddier
faddiest
faddiness
faddish
faddishly
faddishness
faddism
faddist
faddle
faddy
fade
fade-in
fade-in fade-out
fade-out
fadeaway
faded

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAD

ad
ahead
bad
cad
dad
dead
download
glad
had
head
Hyderabad
instead
iPad
lead
load
mad
overhead
pad
quad
read

Synonyms and antonyms of fad in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FAD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fad» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fad
affectation · craze · fancy · fashion · mania · mode · rage · trend · vogue · whim

Translation of «fad» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAD

Find out the translation of fad to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fad from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fad» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一时的狂热
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

moda pasajera
570 millions of speakers

English

fad
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सनक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بدعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

причуда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

modismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খেপামি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

engouement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fad
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fimmel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一時的流行
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일시적 유행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fad
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ham mê
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लहर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heves
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mania
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fanaberia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

примха
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

moft
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μανία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

modefluga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjepphest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fad

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAD»

The term «fad» is very widely used and occupies the 10.913 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fad

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10 QUOTES WITH «FAD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fad.
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Marc Andreesen
The advantage of the consumer businesses is they tend to be much broader-based, much larger number of customers, that tend to over time be a lot more predictable. The advantage of the enterprise companies is they are not as subject to consumer trend, fad, behavior.
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Sean Bean
My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad.
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Jenny Craig
I don't believe in fad diets.
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Ani DiFranco
A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous 'girl power' sort of fad, which I think is pretty benign at best, but at worst, I think it's a way of taking the politics out of feminism and making it some kind of fashion.
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Jennie Garth
My biggest regret is putting my body through fad diets - Atkins, cleanses, the hCG diet.
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Willie Geist
I'm pretty sure people are going to start writing letters again once the email fad passes.
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Laurieann Gibson
I think that there was a fad where everyone said, 'I want you to create a signature step for my artist.' The thing is, for me, music creates the step. The artist commands the step, you know?
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Linda Gray
I don't do fad things or diets - they don't work.
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Phil Hartman
My brothers and sisters and I spoke in a language called Egg Latin. In the early '50s in Canada, this became a fad way of talking among certain people. It's based on the concept that in every syllable before the vowel and after the preceding constant you insert the word 'egg.' So, my name Phil would be 'Pegghil.'
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Olivia De Havilland
Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAD»

Discover the use of fad in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fad and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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One Thousand Novelty and Fad Dances
Dance Crazes have always been a part of social dancing, sometimes gliding into tradition and sometimes fading into oblivion. This book addresses and even describes most all known ones.
‎2009
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The No-fad Diet: A Personal Plan for Healthy Weight Loss
A balanced, sensible approach to a heart-healthy lifestyle introduces a simple method for calculating a person's ideal caloric intake, along with two weeks of menus, nutritional analyses, and two hundred new recipes, ranging from Sole ...
‎2005
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Complexity and Management: Fad Or Radical Challenge to ...
Providing a critique of the ways that complexity theory has been applied to understanding organizations, and outining a new direction, this book calls for a radical re-examination of management thinking.
Ralph D. Stacey, Douglas Griffin, Patricia Shaw, 2000
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Dance of the Sleepwalkers: The Dance Marathon Fad
Dance marathons were a phenomenally popular fad during the manic 1920s and depressive 1930s.
Frank M. Calabria, 1993
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How to Create Your Own Fad and Make a Million Dollars
The entrepreneur who gave us "Wacky Wallwalkers" shares the secrets of his faddish success, offering advice on how to market and finance on a shoestring budget
Ken Hakuta, 1988
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Controversial Therapies for Developmental Disabilities: Fad, ...
And what approaches represent wastes of time, effort, and resources? This book brings together leading behavioral scientists and practitioners to focus light on the major controversies surrounding these questions.
John W. Jacobson, Richard M. Foxx, James A. Mulick, 2005
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No-fad Diet: A Personal Plan for Healthy Weight Loss
A balanced, sensible approach to a heart-healthy lifestyle introduces a simple method for calculating a person's ideal caloric intake, along with two weeks of menus, nutritional analyses and recipes, in an new edition that includes updated ...
American Heart Association, 2011
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Structure and Dynamics of Macromolecules: Absorption and ...
... phenomenon (Stryer, 1965). Another example is the binding of flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) to electron transfer flavoprotein (ETF). Figure 1.16 displays absorption spectra of ETF and of FAD-saturated ETF and titration of ETF with FAD .
J.R. Albani, 2011
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Fad-Free Nutrition
Fredrick John Stare, Elizabeth M. Whelan. however, is not likely to fare so well. The maintenance of a fairly regular blood sugar/insulin balance can be thrown seriously out of gear by a missed meal. For optimum regulation, many professionals ...
Fredrick John Stare, Elizabeth M. Whelan, 1998
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"Real Beauty" in Advertising: Fab Or Fad? A Content Analysis ...
The Dove "Campaign for Real Beauty" launched in November 2004, and created buzz among media, advertisers, and consumers.
Kate Reil, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fad is used in the context of the following news items.
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Slack panders to Internet fad with emoji support
Slack, a workplace communication platform, has gained an incredible amount of attention and fervor from its growing user base in the last ... «ZDNet, Jul 15»
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Are fitness trackers just a fad?
Although sales of Fitbit and other fitness trackers are strong, many of their owners are losing enthusiasm, a trend hitting all manufacturers. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Your goddess is not a fad, but you may wish she was
Recently, Pan-devotee Jason Mankey stirred some pots by asking whether the current interest of many Pagans in the Morrigan is “just a fad. «Patheos, Jul 15»
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Which Fad Diets Are Celebrities On?
Actors including Shailene Woodley (pictured above) and Zoe Kravitz have supposedly admitted to trying this new fad. The theory behind the ... «Healthy Eats, Jul 15»
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Graphite: Next hot commodity or flaky fad?
Valence Industries CEO Christopher Darby says a good-quality resource is only one of three fundamental pillars for success in the graphite ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
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Men Delivering Babies: The End of a Two-Century Fad
When I was pregnant for the first time, I insisted on a male obstetrician. I believed that men had better reflexes, performed better under pressure, ... «Jezebel, Jul 15»
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Gluten-free Glutton: Finally, two books debunk the gluten-free fad diet
Finally this year, two new books are out that attempt to debunk the myths espoused by those books and other promoters of fad diets. These are ... «Florida Times-Union, Jul 15»
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Game streaming: fad or future?
Is game streaming just a fad that will fade away quietly or is it the path to the future? While the technology admittedly has benefits, who is it ... «SlashGear, Jul 15»
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#JendelaRamadan: Is it a fad going for holiday during Aidilfitri?
These days, it is fad where more and more Malaysians are opting to celebrate the festive season whilst holidaying overseas. This might not ... «Astro Awani, Jul 15»
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Maker Spaces: Opportunity or Fad?
SAN FRANCISCO—Wouldn't it be convenient if someone had clear, intelligent answers to most of your CRE-related questions? Problem ... «GlobeSt.com, Jul 15»

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