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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
newfangled
new·fan·gled BrE [ˌnjuːˈfæŋɡld] NAmE [ˌnuːˈfæŋɡld] adjective usually before noun (disapproving)
used to describe sth that has recently been invented or introduced, but that you do not like because it is not what you are used to, or is too complicated
•newfangled ideas about child-rearing
Word Origin:
[newfangled] Middle English: from newfangle (now dialect) ‘liking what is new’, from the adverb ↑new + a second element related to an Old English word meaning ‘to take’.
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