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buzzword

noun
/ˈbʌzwɜː(ɹ)d/UK/ˈbʌzwɜɹd/US

Etymology

Coined in the 1970s in the United States, from buzz + word.

  1. inherited from *werdʰh₁om✻ — “word”
  2. inherited from *wurdą✻ — “word”
  3. inherited from *word✻
  4. inherited from word
  5. inherited from word
  6. formed as buzzword — “buzz + word”

Definitions

  1. A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to…

    A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning.

    • Their salespeople know all the right buzzwords, but they can't really help you solve your problems.
    • Ideology is a [George Cabot] Lodge buzzword, as they say in business schools, the first word that sends many executives and students who would emulate them, into fury.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA