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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.1 List of fads
- " All your base"
- Beanie babies 1990s
- Cabbage Patch dolls 1980s
- Chia Pets 1980s
- Garbage Pail Kids
- Hula hoop 1950s
- Macarena 1996
- PogsPogs is the name of a fad game that was popular from the early-to-mid- 1990s. It got its name from POG, a brand of fruit juice; the caps of POG bottles were originally used to play the game. The classic game involves one player picking an amount of pogs (
- PokιmonPokemon ( Japanese: ) is a video game franchise, created by Satoshi Tajiri and published by Nintendo for several of their systems, most importantly the Game Boy. It has been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, and much more. The name Poke
- Rap rock/rap metalNu metal (or aggro metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically combines aggressive, hip hop influenced, angst-ridden vocals, samples, rap-style beats and drum set patterns, and/or DJ techniques. The genre is occasionally called "nu-metal," usin
- TamagotchiThe Tamagotchi ( Tamagotchi is a handheld virtual pet created by Aki Maita and sold by Bandai. The name combines the Japanese word for egg ("tamago") and the syllable "chi" which denotes affection. In Japanese it is pronounced with a short "o" sound ta-
- Tickle Me ElmoTickle Me Elmo is a child's toy introduced in the United States in 1996, becoming that year's top fad. Bright red in color and based on a character from Sesame Street when squeezed, Elmo would chortle. When squeezed three times in a row, Elmo would begin 1990s
- Troll dolls
- Pet rockPet rocks were a 1970s fad conceived by Californian salesman Gary Dahl, consisting of nothing more than ordinary rocks marketed as if they were regular pets. In 1975, Dahl established "Rock Bottom Productions", a company that sold the rocks for $3. The ros
- Yo-Yo 1930s and 1990s
- Yu-Gi-Oh
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