Also known as craze, trendy, trend
thumb|right|220px|Pet Rock|Pet rocks were a short-lived fad in the 1970s. thumb|A man performing the floss (dance)|floss, a dance move that became popular in 2017 A fad, trend, or craze is any form of collective behavior that develops within a culture, a generation, or social group in which a group of people enthusiastically follow an impulse for a short time period.
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- collective behavior
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- Formation
- Termination
- Collective behavior
- Collective obsession
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- Notes
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thumb|right|220px|Pet Rock|Pet rocks were a short-lived fad in the 1970s. thumb|A man performing the floss (dance)|floss, a dance move that became popular in 2017 A fad, trend, or craze is any form of collective behavior that develops within a culture, a generation, or social group in which a group of people enthusiastically follow an impulse for a short time period.
Fads are products or behaviors that achieve short-lived popularity but fade away. Fads are often seen as sudden, quick-spreading, and short-lived events. Fads include diets, clothing, hairstyles, toys, and more. Some fads in the last hundred years include toys such as yo-yos, and hula hoops, and fad dances such as the Macarena, floss and the twist.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “fad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.