Fad and Style

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Fad noun - A practice or interest that is very popular for a short time.

Usage example: once the fad for that kind of music had passed, nobody would have been caught dead listening to it

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Style is a synonym for fad in craze topic. In some cases you can use "Style" instead a noun "Fad", when it comes to topics like current thing.

Style noun - A practice or interest that is very popular for a short time.

Usage example: parents who were very relieved when the style for having one's nose pierced faded

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Fad is a synonym for style in craze topic. You can use "Fad" instead a noun "Style", if it concerns topics such as current thing, fashionableness.

Nearby Words: stylish, styling, styled, stylized, sty

old	old fad	old style
particular	particular fad	particular style
similar	similar fad	similar style
current	current fad	current style
Other adjectives: popular, actual, entire, artistic, new, modern.

This particular style has grown into a fad and been applied to YouTube Poop sources.

Source: Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
The protagonist acquires the item just as it goes out of style and the next fad takes its place.

Source: Trend Aesop
Another episode, "The Ungroundable," had the Vampire Kids whose fad threatened the Goth Kids' style and identity.

Source: Freaky Fashion, Mild Mind

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