Word: fad
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...witheringly described advertisers? target audience as ?the all-important 18-19 demographic.? To gauge from Super Bowl commercials (I fart in your general direction), Hollywood movies (stuff blowin? up, guys crackin? wise) and most newspaper and magazine coverage of the arts (INSERT HERE name of latest youthcult fad), you?d think American comprised nothing but teenage boys with billions to burn...
This year, the electronic elves at Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore have recommended an interesting compilation of biographical, fad diet, inspirational, and self-improvement books, offering a perfect book for each loved one on my holiday gift-giving list...
...FRIENDS O.K., the whole yoga fad is beginning to get on your nerves: when did all your friends become so bendy? Still, if you can't talk them back onto the tennis courts and the ski slopes (what do they mean, "high-impact?"), then at least you can get them to stop embarrassing you by showing up everywhere with those icky purple rubber mats. Louis Vuitton's specially-treated Epi Soft leather yoga mat and bag, about...
...reason she's always so eager to watch Sex and the City? So that she can get a better look at Carrie's Manolos. Forget snow boots, this year buy her shoes she wouldn't buy herself. About $1,000 by Manolo Blahnik. For Friends O.K., the whole yoga fad is beginning to get on your nerves: when did all your friends become so bendy? Still, if you can't talk them back onto the tennis courts and the ski slopes (what do they mean, "high-impact?"), then at least you can get them to stop embarrassing you by showing...
...Secrets of Eating Smarter Thank you for the superb article about eating smarter [Nov. 3]. It certainly proved that spending millions on fad-diet books is a waste of time. Why is it that people who want to lose weight don't understand that they have to adopt eating habits they must maintain for the rest of their life? Everything they need to know was included in your reporting. After I read your story, I danced around the room saying, "Yes, yes, yes!" Barbara Watson Nipomo...