VOGUE

[noun] - a fashion or general liking, esp. one which is temporaryIn the 1920s, short hair for women became the vogue. [U]I really don't understand the current vogue for buying all these ready-prepared meals - food tastes much better if you cook it yourself. [C]The film created a vogue for 1950s-style rock 'n roll. [C]The postwar vogue for tearing down buildings virtually destroyed the city's architecture. [C]She is a writer who has lately had/enjoyed (a) considerable vogue (= been fashionable) in France, though she is less well-known in Britain. [C or U]The short hemline is very much in vogue (= fashionable) this spring. [U]Platform heels are back in vogue (= fashionable again). [U]The treatment that used to be given for this illness is now out of vogue (= no longer fashionable). [U]"Community" is one of the vogue words of the new government. [U]