trendoid

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English

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Etymology

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From trend +‎ -oid.

Noun

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trendoid (plural trendoids)

  1. (informal) A person who follows fashion trends blindly.
    • 2001 March 30, Ashok Chandwani, “Thailande a sure track to spicy bliss”, in The Gazette, Montreal, Que., page D 12:
      Eager to make amends and fed up with the cheap noodleries, Chinese restaurants and pricey, trendoid Thai places that all claim to serve good food from that enchanted land but don’t, I returned to this old haunt with a favourite adventureress.
    • 2009 June 27, Murray Whyte, “Why Richard Florida's honeymoon is over”, in Toronto Star[1]:
      In the states, 99 per cent of my critics were socially conservative, right-wing people, who said I had a gay agenda, or that cities couldn't be built by `yuppies, sophistos, trendoids and gays,'" says Richard Florida.