Adjective : a faddish, sophisticated crowd. From Dictionary.com.
The pejorative word faddish an simply be a negative way of saying “current” or “in touch.”. From Wordnik.com. [Navigating the Winds of Change] Reference
It will protect them from going down the path of something faddish, which is potentially dangerous. ''. From Wordnik.com. [The Age News Headlines] Reference
Dr. Thierfelder admits the idea sounds "faddish," and he expected some pushback within the school. From Wordnik.com. [Grease Monks:] Reference
Even the most cynical observer can't brand a movement as "faddish" for wanting all of the world's people to get enough to eat. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Jacob: Refocusing the Locavore Message] Reference
Can Chipotle avoid being marginalized as "faddish" by consumers?. From Wordnik.com. [Fool.com: The Motley Fool] Reference
"faddish" reasons, they usually don't stick with it. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
But a fund can recover, while faddish IPOs might not. From Wordnik.com. [Ipos: Jumping Over The Moon] Reference
Is it even real — or is it just a faddish diagnosis?. From Wordnik.com. [Understanding ADHD -- Willingham] Reference
But faddish embracing of SUVs and urban cowboy pickups?. From Wordnik.com. [Diane Tucker: Suddenly Obama's Auto-Policies Matter: Michigan Is The New Florida] Reference
Here is a real populist response to elite faddish cookery. From Wordnik.com. [American Pie] Reference
WACKER: How it's being used may be faddish at the moment. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2009] Reference
Mr. Rudd isn't a faddish man who came to his beliefs lightly. From Wordnik.com. [Turnover Down Under] Reference
And barbecuing and grilling is becoming very faddish, popular. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2006] Reference
It's no secret that cultural acceptance is fickle and faddish. From Wordnik.com. [Ivy Pochoda: The Day My Book Was Born -- Will It Survive?] Reference
"Quite a faddish thing you're making of your venture," she said to. From Wordnik.com. [The Shield of Silence] Reference
He thinks it's just one of those "faddish phrases" from the web world. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Bronstein: A Conversation with Len Downie Cracks the Mystery: I was Wrong] Reference
I'm not one to blame every human frailty on some faddish psychiatric disorder. From Wordnik.com. [Teenage Zombies] Reference
"These faddish creeds come and go, especially in an era of galactic exploration.". From Wordnik.com. [Diuturnity's Dawn]
They're piling into the faddish "separately managed accounts" at brokerage houses. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Cost Of Small Fees] Reference
RIDICULOUS NOTE: Many of us can be grossly faddish-it's becoming the American way. From Wordnik.com. [The O'Reilly Factor]
So-called designer bags are useless, and most are also ugly, faddish and overpriced. From Wordnik.com. [Joan Collins's Style Advice: Buy Spanx, Avoid Looking Like A Stuffed Sausage] Reference
You know, a faddish diet is one in which there's a rapid response that's short-lived. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2005] Reference
RUMSFELD: We ought not to allow pendulums to swing too far and things to become faddish. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2001] Reference
The live format places the production into that now faddish audience participation genre. From Wordnik.com. ['Cinematic Titanic' re-creates 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' in Washington] Reference
Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or thing. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary And Obama Square Off Over Terrorism And Fear] Reference
It wasn't as good a name as ashes-of-roses, but names don't have to be enticing to be faddish. From Wordnik.com. [Futures Imperfect]
And it was just one more faddish -- faddish strategy that he's trying to command this brewery. From Wordnik.com. [Citizen Coors: An American Dynasty] Reference
The novel, whether it be of classic form or of faddish type, makes a mark upon the mind of the public. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference
"Esthetic Posing" in some fashionable, faddish school, though it was all unstudied upon the girl's part. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home] Reference
Thank you, Dana Millbank, for daring to point out that this kind of tweeting is just faddish buffoonery. From Wordnik.com. [Twittering Under the Dome: Milbank Doth Protest Too Much?] Reference
Why The Times missed the story: Assigning editor deemed so-called new Century "unimportant" and "faddish.". From Wordnik.com. [Missed It By That Much: Other Stories That Slipped Through 'The New York Times' Grasp] Reference
In fairness, though, I had to admit it wasn't the first time a faddish color had been given a wretched name. From Wordnik.com. [Futures Imperfect]
To him, Hizb ut-Tahrir seemed faddish, as if its young adherents merely wanted to "get into something radical.". From Wordnik.com. [THE LOST GENERATION] Reference
Kerry's campaign was still pursuing the once-faddish deconstructionist theory that the Electoral College was irrelevant. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Nolan: The Veepstakes: Four Rules] Reference
He caricatured the imprisoned leader of the Unity, Democracy and Justice opposition party as a faddish hen that hanged herself. From Wordnik.com. [Alemayehu G. Mariam: The Raw Machismo of Dictatorship] Reference
Dictator Zenawi not long ago proverbially characterized her to his rubberstamp parliament as a faddish hen that hanged herself. From Wordnik.com. [Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Birtukan, Invictus! (Unconquered)] Reference
Eventually, the best and most effective practices from each side will endure, while more outdated (or faddish) tactics die out. From Wordnik.com. [Remember Roe? Young Activists Say They've Never Forgotten.] Reference
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