Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fad"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fad \Fad\, n. [Cf. {Faddle}.]
A hobby; freak; whim. -- {Fad"dist}, n.
It is your favorite fad to draw plans. --G. Eliot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fad
n : an interest followed with exaggerated zeal: "he always
follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that
season" [syn: {craze}, {furor}, {furore}, {cult}, {rage}]
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