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buzzword

buzzword

See also: buzz-word and buzz word

English

Examples (English words often considered buzzwords)
win-win empowerment paradigm shift sustainability

Alternative forms

Noun

buzzword ‎(plural buzzwords)

(pejorative) A word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon, and often rendered meaningless and fashionable through abuse by non-technical persons in a seeming show of familiarity with the subject.
Their salespeople know all the right buzzwords, but they can’t really help you solve your problems.

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Translations

word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon

Chinese:
Mandarin: 流行詞, 流行词 ‎(liúxíngcí), 行話 (zh), 行话 (zh) ‎(hánghuà)
Danish: modeord n
Dutch: buzzwoord n
Finnish: iskusana (fi), muotisana, kapulakielinen sana
French: mot à la mode m, mot en vogue m, buzzword (fr) m
German: Modewort (de) n, sinnentleertes Modewort n, Schlagwort (de) n, leeres Schlagwort n, abgedroschene Phrase f, Buzzword n
Hungarian: hívószó

Icelandic: tískuorð m
Irish: dordfhocal m
Japanese: バズワード ‎(bazuwādo)
Polish: buzzword (pl) m
Portuguese: buzzword (pt) m, f
Russian: мо́дное сло́во n ‎(módnoje slóvo)
Spanish: palabra de moda
Swedish: buzzword n
Turkish: moda sözcük, tutulan sözcük, moda kelime, tutulan kelime

Portuguese

Noun

buzzword m or f (in variation) (plural buzzwords)

buzzword (fashionable technical jargon)