buzzy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having a buzzing sound.

   • Collins shifts the slide, and the trumpet phrase gets faster and faster until it blurs into a buzzy pitch.
2. 2

   Being the subject of cultural buzz.

   • This time, my host asked me if I was part of LinkedIn, a buzzy Web site intended to link people with similar business interests.
   • One afternoon in June, I was out with a stranger at my local park. The algorithms recommended we meet. He told me he had been reading How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, a buzzy bestseller by Jenny Odell.
3. 3

   Using a large number of buzzwords.

   • The author is using some buzzy language—derived from prevailing theories in his discipline—that, when replicated throughout the manuscript, prompted a reader to worry that the work, while sensitive and brilliant, was jargon-y and dense.

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