buzzword
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English
[edit]Examples (English words often considered buzzwords) |
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined in the 1970s in the United States, from buzz word.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌzwɜː(ɹ)d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʌzwɜɹd/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌzwɜː(ɹ)d
- Hyphenation: buzz‧word
Noun
[edit]buzzword (plural buzzwords)
- (sometimes derogatory) 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.
- 2018 June 19, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, “Inside the Crypto World's Biggest Scandal”, in Wired[2], →ISSN:
- There is great confusion and debate about what a blockchain even is—some people argue it’s become a meaningless buzzword—but the standard definition describes a shared, decentralized, cryptographically secure, immutable digital ledger.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: buzzword, buzzwoord
- → French: buzzword
- → German: Buzzword
- → Hebrew: זמזומילה (zimzumilá) (calque)
- → Irish: dordfhocal (calque)
- → Polish: buzzword
- → Portuguese: buzzword
- → Swedish: buzzword
Translations
[edit]word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon
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See also
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English buzzword.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]buzzword f (plural buzzwords)
- buzzword (fashionable technical jargon)
Categories:
- English compound terms
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ʌzwɜː(ɹ)d
- Rhymes:English/ʌzwɜː(ɹ)d/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English derogatory terms
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- en:Rhetoric
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/azwoʁdʒi
- Rhymes:Portuguese/azwoɾd
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with W
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Rhetoric