Something that will become HUGE then fizzle into nothingness and be totally forgotten.
YOU: look at my TAMAGOTCHI!!!!!
ME: you're about 6 years late on that fad...I just
went rave
*ONE WEEK LATER*
ME: Im all about tamagotchis.
YOU: *wearing rave clothing and chucking tamagotchi
in the bin*
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
A trend (as in music, fashion, tv show, card game, etc.) enjoyed for a short period of time, then cast aside because it isn't "popular" anymore.
Fads= Pokemon, emo, Good Charlotte, body glitter, pogs, products with your first initial on them, Luis Vuitton,
soon to be fads= Juicy, the OC, Sevens, Britany Spears,
Probably the only AD that can be enjoyed on an almost weekly basis.
Biggest downside to FAD: because a lot of people only work parttime on Friday, there's a lot of civil servant or banker wankers in the pub. But on the upside, these people generally need to be home by 5, so when FND starts, they're all gone and you're nicely liquored up.
MAD, TAD and ThAD usually can't hold a candle to FAD.