fad
noun
[ fad ]
• an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived; a craze.
• "some regard green politics as no more than the latest fad"
Similar:
craze,
vogue,
trend,
fashion,
mode,
enthusiasm,
passion,
infatuation,
love,
obsession,
mania,
rage,
compulsion,
fixation,
fetish,
weakness,
fancy,
taste,
novelty,
whim,
fascination,
preoccupation,
thing,
latest,
Origin:
mid 19th century (originally dialect): probably the second element of fidfad, contraction of fiddle-faddle. Compare with faddy.
FAD
abbreviation
• flavin adenine dinucleotide, a coenzyme derived from riboflavin and important in various metabolic reactions.
