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fad^¹

/fæd/
/faːd/ Northumbria

Rhymes with -æd

Where it comes from

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).

noun fads

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.

FAD^²

noun

abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of flavin adenine dinucleotide

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: furore, furor, cult, craze, rage, fashion, vogue, fancy, fab, infatuation, trend, fantasy, whim, popularity, buzzword, novelty

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noun phenomenon

Español	moda, moda pasajera, voga fugaz, fashion efímero
日本語	ファッド
中文	时尚 shíshàng
Português	moda
Français	mode, lubie
Deutsch	Mode, Trend, Modeerscheinung, Fimmel, Hype
Italiano	moda, andazzo, tendenza
Русский	причу́да pričúda
العربية	تَقْلِيعَة taqlīʕa

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@misc{fad_2026,
  title = {fad},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fad},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}

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