crazes

Short-lived manias

Crazes is the plural of craze—a fad or intense but short-lived enthusiasm for something: fitness crazes, dance crazes, the latest crazes sweeping social media.

The verb craze means to drive someone to distraction or to produce a network of fine cracks in a surface, as with pottery glaze.

Things that are crazed show this crackled pattern.

trends

fads

Short-lived popular phenomena

maniasExcessive, irrational enthusiasms
obsessionsPersistent dominating thoughts
viralSpreading quickly online

bandwagon · hype · phenomena · sensations · movements · waves · epidemics · vogues · fashions · popularity

behavioral

obsession

Persistent, intrusive preoccupation

fixationPersistent mental attachment
infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
feverElevated body temperature

mania · enthusiasm · fervor · passion · frenzy · delirium · hysteria · madness · excitement · fanaticism

historical

tulipmania

Historic floral speculation craze

BeatlemaniaSixties pop culture frenzy
discoSeventies dance music
pet rocksNovelty mineral companions

hula hoops · Cabbage Patch · fidget spinners · Tamagotchi · Pokemon · pogs · mood rings · lava lamps · bell-bottoms · leg warmers

pottery

crackling

Sharp snapping noises

glazeThin lustrous coating
ceramicFired clay material
rakuLow-fired Japanese ceramic tradition

kiln · firing · crackle · network · pattern · finish · surface · porcelain · stoneware · hairline

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