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buzzword

[ buhz-wurd ]

noun

  1. a word or phrase, often sounding authoritative or technical, that is a vogue term in a particular profession, field of study, popular culture, etc.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of buzzword1

First recorded in 1965–70; buzz + word

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Example Sentences

Fashion Snoops, for example, uses AI to scrape the internet for buzzwords and novel slang with the potential to develop into something chic.

Your book is called Sanctuary, but a lot of it is a rethinking of what we mean when we talk about this buzzword resilience.

From Time

Customization, comfort, inclusivity, and environmental awareness are the buzzwords we kept coming back to for this year’s top sports and outdoor innovations.

This was the 1990s, so many, many years before Big Data or Deep Learning became buzzwords.

Sports and OutdoorsCustomization, comfort, inclusivity, and environmental awareness are the buzzwords we kept coming back to for this year’s top sports and outdoor innovations.

The latter in particular has become a buzzword for Silicon Valley start-ups.

The perilousness of ubiquity with a hashtag—or any buzzword, for that matter—is that people can too easily forget its origin.

“It's for the conference set; the buzzword of 2013's business model,” she said, laughing.

The threats from Israel began anew, with a new choreography and a new buzzword: “zone of immunity.”

It's a nice buzzword, but argues against a principle of our governance.

Netconomy started as a buzzword, joining net, network, and economy.

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