faddy

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fad

(făd)

A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.

[Possibly from fidfad, fussy person, fussy, from fiddle-faddle.]

fad′dism n.

fad′dist n.

fad′dy adj.

FAD

abbr.

flavin adenine dinucleotide

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faddy

(ˈfædɪ)

adj, -dier or -diest

of, having, or involving personal and often transitory whims, esp about food

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Adj.

faddy - intensely fashionable for a short time

faddish

fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"

faddy

adjective particular, choosy (informal), picky (informal), hard to please, exacting, discriminating, fussy, fastidious, nit-picking (informal), finicky, pernickety, overparticular My boys have always been faddy eaters.

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Translations

schizzinoso

faddy

[ˈfædɪ] ADJ (Brit) [person] → que tiene sus manías, difícil de contentar; [distaste, desire] → idiosincrático

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faddy

[ˈfædi] (British) adj (= fussy) → difficile

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faddy

[ˈfædɪ] adj → capriccioso/a
to be a faddy eater → essere schizzinoso/a

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We are faddy people, you know--faddy but kind-hearted.

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(which was that of a comparatively stationary universe visited occasionally by convulsions of change) had some rather faddy fashionableness at Oxford, and got so far as to be named "Catastrophism".

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The Motherwell kid idolised Faddy and still gets goosebumps when he recalls his 30-yard wonder-strike that dumped France in their own back yard back 12 years ago.

Hastie follows Faddy

I saw that he was speaking to Faddy but I had to go.

I NEEDED THE KAZI; Sorry skipper but I had to run

And that, according to assistant coach Faddy, is exactly the response the management team is looking for.

Faddy: I'm glad Leigh is raging; FADDY HAPPY

SLIMMING World consultant Michelle Johnston says: "Faddy diets often promise fast weight loss but they're usually quite extreme, being based around things like banning whole food groups or consuming liquid diets.

Healthier approach welcomed; FOCUS

Swiss banking group Credit Suisse AG (NYSE: CS) (ZHR: CSGN) (CSGN.VX) has named Christopher Faddy as managing director and head of non-Japan Asia distribution for asset management, The Banking Times has reported.

-Credit Suisse names head of asset management distribution in Asia

Avoid faddy diets because you may lose 3st on one but you'll soon put it back on.

I wnt to lose weight [...]

"I still see Faddy playing off the front, as a front man, or perhaps wide if we need him to," said the Everton manager.

Mature McFadden will bring boost to Everton - Moyes; McFadden will give us boost - Moyes

BOOKING NOW Funeral Party @ Millennium Music Hall, Cardiff (May 28) IF those faddy music papers are to be believed, this East LA-based bunch of disco punkers are destined to be the next big thing.

BOOKING NOW

McLeish said: "The progress Faddy has made, you are thinking 'wow, he's going to be back quick, back before Christmas'.