fuzzword

noun
/ˈfʌz.wɝd/US

Etymology

From fuzz + word, by analogy with buzzword.

  1. inherited from *werdʰh₁om — “word
  2. inherited from *wurdą — “word
  3. inherited from *word
  4. inherited from word
  5. inherited from word
  6. compounded as fuzzword — “fuzz + word

Definitions

  1. A term that is deliberately vague or euphemistic in meaning.

    • In the often emotional arms control debate, there may be no more common fuzzword than "verification."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fuzzword. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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