The American Heritage Dictionary defines a fad as “A custom, style, etc. that many people are interested in for a short period of time” (Webster 486). However, even though a fad generally lasts for a short while, few fads have lingered and become infamous characteristics of America itself. The Cabbage Patch doll differed from any other baby doll up until the 80’s simply because you didn’t just buy one, you adopted one. Each doll came …showed first 75 words of 3892 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3892 total…being just a fad like Cabbage Patch dolls, as she has become immortalized in American culture and has taken the meaning of a doll to a new level that will never be topped. Barbie has defied the test of time and proved to be one of the few exceptions to the definition that a fad is something which lasts for a “short period of time” (Webster 486); by redefining it as something that lives on forever.