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Also, all the thing . The current or latest fashion, with the implication that it will be short-lived, as in In the 1940s the lindy-hop was all the rage . The use of rage reflects the transfer of an angry passion to an enthusiastic one; thing is vaguer. [Late 1700s] These terms are heard less often today than the synonym the thing .

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These elections are likely to result in real-life evidence of a political idea that's all the rage, that there's "fragmentation" among the public, the traditional voting blocs are no more.

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"In 2007, the manic pixie dream girl was all the rage, and that's all fine and dandy up until your roommate gets murdered, and then you just become an episode of 'Law and Order.'"

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In the early days of this year’s season, torpedo bats have become all the rage for big-league hitters.

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The chocolate-covered marshmallow treats had apparently been all the rage prior to this - being eaten by crewmen as they flew nuclear bombers on long training sorties at the height of the Cold War.

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Stills: But big stacks of Marshalls were all the rage.

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