Fad
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A fad, also known as a craze, refers to a fashion that becomes popular in a culture (or subcultures) relatively quickly, remains popular, often for a rather brief period, then loses popularity dramatically.
- Celebrity Air; 2005
- 20Q; 2005
- "All your base are belong to us"
- Scoobie Doos – 1980s; returned in 2000s
- Beanie babies – 1990s
- Bungee Balls – 2003
- Clackers – 1980s
- Cabbage Patch dolls – 1980s
- Calculator wristwatches – 1980s
- Cargo Pants – late 1990s
- Chia Pets – 1980s
- Devil sticks
- Digimon
- Droodles – 1950s
- Flash mobs – 2000s
- Fifteen puzzle – 1870s
- Furby
- Garbage Pail Kids
- Hula hoop – 1950s
- JNCOs/ultra wide-leg jeans – 1990s
- KHAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!!! - Kirk's scream from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Macarena – 1996
- Mood ring – 1970s
- Nerf; 1990s
- Numa numa – 2005
- Office olimpics; 2004 - 2005
- Pacifiers for teens – 1990s
- Pet rocks – 1970s
- Pipe cleaners
- Pogs
- Pokémon – 1990s-2000s
- Rubik's Cube – 1980s
- Tamagotchi
- Tazos
- The Livestrong Yellow Band
- Tickle Me Elmo – 1990s
- Tie Dye – 1960s
- Troll dolls
- The Twist – 1960s
- Rubik's cube
- Spongebob Squarepants – 2000s
- Super Soakers 1990s
- Scooters – 2000s
- Yo-yo — 1930s and 1990s
- Yu-Gi-Oh
See also
- cult
- food faddism
- group psychology
- mass psychology
- bandwagon effect
- pop music
- flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)
- tulipomania
- herding
- Internet phenomenon
- YTMNDfr:Tocade
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