What does fad mean?
Fad means A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time..
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/fæd/ · noun
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.
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.
Use fad when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fad means A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time..
Common synonyms include furor, rage, cult, craze.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
You're a fad, that means you're something that we've already had, but once you're gone, you don't come back.
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