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 Translation for 'fad' from English to Hungarian
NOUN   a fad | fads
SYNO craze | cult | fad | ...
hóbort {noun}fad
szeszély {noun}fad
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Translation for 'fad' from English to Hungarian

fad
hóbort {noun}

szeszély {noun}
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Usage Examples English
  • The origins of the fad are unclear, but it was only one of several that had likely originated and become widespread in the post-World War II-years.
  • Netter was skeptical of the claims of alternative medicine and fad diets. He wrote "Fad Diets Can Be Deadly" (1975) which debunked the misleading claims of fad diets.
  • The Wacky Wall Walker became a fad hit in 1983, and over 240 million units have sold.
  • Still strongly reflecting American culture, in 1962 Australia experienced the Twist fad, soon followed by the Stomp fad (reflecting surf culture, which came to Australia through the Americans a few years before).
  • Deely boppers were a fad in 1982.

  • In the United Kingdom, during the 1990s fad they were known as "baggies". However, this term faded with the original fad and now they are generally known as Phat pants and "wide-leg jeans".
  • During the late 19th and early 20th centuries a fad in women's fashion for wearing extravagant and fanciful aigrettes resulted in large numbers of egrets and other birds being slaughtered by plume hunters for the millinery industry, until public reaction and government intervention caused the fad to end and demand for such plumes collapse.
  • Sheila Broflofski suggests it is just another harmless fad.
  • Mike Wilson of "Bloody Disgusting" wrote a mixed review of the film, writing, "So while I give points for trying to do something different with a tired fad mixed in with another tired fad, House With 100 Eyes unfortunately treads down the same path as the other films in these genres."
  • For this reason, more than a trend it could be referred to as a fad.

  • As the 1960s button fad peaked, Weisfeld designed what he hoped would become a new fad: a line of dart boards featuring the faces of various political figures.
  • The Pog fad soared, and peaked in the mid-1990s. Pogs were being handed out for opening bank accounts and in McDonald's Happy Meals.
  • Katha Pollitt referred to attachment parenting as a fad.
  • Kris Kross established the fad of wearing clothes backwards.
  • In 1997, the American Heart Association (AHA) "declares war on fad diets [...] to inform the public of misleading weight loss claims".

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