fad

 
Pronunciation: /fad/

noun

  • 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
  • an arbitrary like or dislike: his fads about the type of coffee he must have

Derivatives

faddish

adjective

faddishly

adverb

faddishness

noun

faddism

noun

faddist

noun

Origin:

mid 19th century (originally dialect): probably the second element of fidfad, contraction of fiddle-faddle. Compare with faddy