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   fad

   /fad/

   noun

   • 1. 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"

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

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • F

     4

   • A

     1

   • D

     2

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