newfangled
adjective
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Newfangled is actually a pretty old word. It dates all the way back to the 15th century, and likely developed from the even older adjective newfangle, which probably derives from a combination of the Middle English newe, meaning new, and the Old English fangol, from a verb meaning "to take." In its earliest documented uses, newfangled described a person who was fond of new things, fashions, or ideas. Current usage indicates that newfangled is used—sometimes deprecatingly—to describe anything that is new, hip, hot, or happening, while other times it is used with irony for something—such as rock music—that might have been new at one time but is hardly new anymore.
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Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Sep. 2024
Trump plainly smells money in this newfangled scheme.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
The competition committee’s newfangled approach to the kickoff was put in place to encourage more returns.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2024
The British designer forged a newfangled take on a direct-to-consumer fashion brand: launching all the main product categories at once, but producing them in limited quantities in order to sidestep overproduction, one of the biggest blights on the fashion industry.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Newfangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newfangled. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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