fad
US /fæd/
UK /fæd/
1.
Modeerscheinung, Marotte, Tick
an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived and without basis in the object's qualities; a craze.
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The hula hoop was a popular fad in the 1950s.
Der Hula-Hoop war in den 1950er Jahren eine beliebte Modeerscheinung.
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Social media challenges often turn into short-lived fads.
Social-Media-Challenges werden oft zu kurzlebigen Modeerscheinungen.