ALL meanings of fad
fad
F f - noun fad a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group. 1
- noun fad An intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived and without basis in the object's qualities; a craze. 1
- noun Technical meaning of fad ["FAD, A Simple and Powerful Database Language", F. Bancilon et al, Proc 13th Intl Conf on VLDB, Brighton, England, Sep 1987]. 1
- noun fad short trend 1
- countable noun fad You use fad to refer to an activity or topic of interest that is very popular for a short time, but which people become bored with very quickly. 0
- noun fad an intense but short-lived fashion; craze 0
- noun fad a personal idiosyncrasy or whim 0
- noun fad flavin adenine dinucleotide: an ester of riboflavin with ADP that acts as the prosthetic group for many flavoproteins 0
- noun fad a custom, style, etc. that many people are interested in for a short time; passing fashion; craze 0
- noun fad A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time. 0