英语词汇fad的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	fad
词源	fad. A persistent old story holds that fad, a temporary fash- ion, derives from the initials of for a day, but there is no proof of this. Most authorities believe that the word, first recorded in 1834, comes from the English dialect fad, “to busy oneself with trifles,” which may be a contraction of the faddle in fiddle fad- dle, “trifling talk or trivial matters”—but there is no real proof of this theory either.
随便看	don’t look back something might be gaining on you don’t look now don’t make two bites of a cherry don’t play games with me don’t poke one-s nose into it don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today don’t say it if you can grunt it don’t sell the steak sell the sizzle don’t stick your neck out don’t take any wooden nickels don’t that take the rag off the bush don’t want to pick up that snake now don’t wash your dirty linen in public don’t write it if you can say it doodlebug doo-doo doofus doolally dooley doolittle do’d it doorbuster doornail doo-wop dope dopey

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