Wikipedia defines a fad as “something that becomes very popular with a small group of people for a short period of time. A fad is unpredictable, short lived, and without social, economic, and political significance.” However, I have created a more poignant definition for the word fad by using a backronym. “What is a backronym?” you ask. Well, it’s just another little invention of my twisted mind that is destined to end up in some future edition of the English Dictionary with another one of my lingual derivatives: Deppraisal, the monetary evaluation of something that is believed to be of high value by its owner, but in reality is worth very little down to squat.