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buzzword
n. password, key word; fashion word, technical word or neologism that has become stylish, vogue word


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Buzzword
A buzzword (also known as a fashion word or vogue word) is an idiom, often a neologism, commonly used in managerial, technical, administrative, and sometimes political environments. Though apparently ubiquitous in these environments, the words often have unclear meanings.Buzzwords are typically intended to impress one's audience with the pretense of knowledge. For this reason, they are often universal. They typically make sentences difficult to dispute, on account of their cloudy meaning.Buzzwords differ from jargon in that they have the function of impressing or of obscuring meaning, while jargon (ideally) has a well-defined technical meaning, if only to specialists. However, the hype surrounding new technologies often turns technical terms into buzzwords (see Buzzword compliant).
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buzzword
Noun
1. stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
(synonym) cant
(hypernym) nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum


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Buzzword
a word or phrase that takes on added significance through repetition or special usage. "Customer Retention Programmes" has become a buzzword among retailers.

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