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English term or phrase:	fad
Russian translation:	см
Entered by:	xxxBlueSparrow

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14:12 Nov 27, 2009

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

English term or phrase: fad

I give them a little thrill, all the people who forgot that life is fun. It's like The Phantom of the Opera—it might scare them, but they like it. But it's just a fad. I'm a fad. I am on fire right now, dude, but it won't last forever.

xxxBlueSparrow

см

Explanation:
На выбор:
Но это - чудачество. Я чудак.
Но это - прикол. Я люблю приколоться.
Но это - прикид. Люблю прикинуться.

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Lev Bondarevski

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Спасибо
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +4

поветрие, мода, "фишка"

Mikhail Kropotov

однодневка

Igor Boyko

3 -1

см

Lev Bondarevski

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

см

Lev Bondarevski
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Спасибо

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

поветрие, мода, "фишка"

Explanation:
Но это всё лишь временное увлечение. Я в моде. Я сейчас "в струе", "в теме", но долго это не продлится.

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fad n.
A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.
http://www.answers.com/fad

Mikhail Kropotov
Russian Federation
Local time: 06:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 178

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

danya: *грустно поёт голосом Боярского* всёё проойдёёёт...

11 mins

-> А это, в свою очередь, напоминает мне песню "Полклопа". Помнишь? "Полклопа, полклопа! Почему бы не-е-е-т?"

agree

Nikita Nikolayev: нравится

17 mins

agree

Alexander Kupriyanchuk: Нееее, не скрипучим прокуренным голосом Михала Сергеича д'Артаньяна, а тоненьким полусорванным саундишком группы "ТАТУ" (или "Ласкового мая"). Это было точно сумасшествие, гон, таски, прорыв, ВСПЫШКА... Это КРАТКОЕ увлечение!

21 mins

agree

Orso: :)))))))

6 hrs

1 hr confidence:

однодневка

Explanation:
FAD 88 up, 15 down love it hate it

is an acronym to discribe something or the way people dress for a period of time, ie., For A Day

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fad

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Note added at 1 час (2009-11-27 16:08:47 GMT)
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Ведь это всего-лишь однодневка. Я сам - однодневка.

Igor Boyko
Russian Federation
Local time: 06:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 148

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