Word: fad
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ever since kids our age were mesmerized by the sheer coolness of those robotic lions flying through the air, a phenomenon that originated on the far side of the globe has steadily been invading our shores. Now, it's here in full force, and the current symbol of the fad is a bright-eyed child clutching a stuffed Pikachu doll...
...focusing on the hipster studio pianist who's forced to play the boring "clink clink clink" accompaniment. His critique of mush-mouthed rock 'n' roll culminated in 1960 with The Old Payola Roll Blues, in which Freberg takes on the whole ethos of rock and dismisses it as a fad that will pass once payola ends. Satirists can be wrong...
...inspiring and repulsive act made you cringe in "A Fish Called Wanda" and probably yak on your lei at the Owl Luau. But in fleshing out the vague tradition invoked by these modern-day incidents, the fact is: Our experience constitutes the wriggling tail end of an intensely popular fad of the late 1930s...
...years later, the fad has remained at a steady hum in the background of campus initiations...
SALOMON GRINDERS Gimmick: Slide along stairs or banisters without skates New fad? [rated 4 Michael Jordan heads] Sport even has an edgy name: "freestyle walking...