trendy

comparative trendier · superlative trendiest

1. informalOf, or in accordance with the latest trend, fashion or hype.

   I hate those trendy pre-wrinkled shirts.

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   MDF and HDF – or medium-density fiberboard and high-density fiberboard – are two of the trendiest materials in woodworking these days.

   2019 September 20, “MDF vs HDF: Understanding Differences and Best Uses in Woodworking”, in Forest Plywood

   Some people who go to trendy cafés lament getting stuck at the long central table that has to be shared, instead hoping they get a ‘private’ table. But that is foolish. On a recent trip to see family, I got stuck at the big table in a café, too; I ended up making a new friend there and learning about the surrounding town.

   2024 July 22, Antone Martinho-Truswell, “Archived copy”, in Take a seat: the long table is an antidote to loneliness, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2024

   Synonyms: a la mode/à la mode, all the rage, chic, sassy, cool, dapper, done, elegant

plural trendies

1. informalA trendy person.

   They're the kids who care. Yet they're the bad kids, and the trendies, the ones who are too cool to let anything matter, are the good kids. It's all twisted around.

   Quoted in 1995, Leonard Michaels, David Reid, Raquel L. Scherr, West of the West: Imagining California (page 103)

   Synonyms: fashionista, voguie, scene kid, Corinthian, faddist, fashionable, fashionist, fashionista