buzzword

See also: buzz-word and buzz word

English

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

Alternative forms

buzz word, buzz-word

Etymology

U.S. 1970s from buzz +‎ word.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʌzwɜː(ɹ)d/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

buzzword (plural buzzwords)

(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.
- 1972 May 14, Marylyn Bender, “Harvard's Brahmin Radical”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
  Ideology is a [George Cabot] Lodge buzzword, as they say in business schools, the first word that sends many executives and students who would emulate them, into fury.
- 2018 June 19, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, “Inside the Crypto World's Biggest Scandal”, in Wired‎, →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.

Related terms

Descendants

→ Dutch: buzzword, buzzwoord
→ French: buzzword
→ German: Buzzword
→ Hebrew: זמזומילה (zimzumilá) (calque)
→ Irish: dordfhocal (calque)
→ Polish: buzzword
→ Portuguese: buzzword
→ Swedish: buzzword

Translations

word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon

Chinese:
Mandarin: 流行詞／流行词 (liúxíngcí), 行話／行话 (zh) (hánghuà)
Danish: modeord n
Dutch: buzzwoord (nl) n, modewoord (nl) n
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: iskusana (fi), muotisana (fi), kapulakielinen sana
German: Modewort (de) n, sinnentleertes Modewort n, Schlagwort (de) n, leeres Schlagwort n, abgedroschene Phrase f, Buzzword n
Hebrew: זמזומילה f (zimzumilá)
Hungarian: hívószó (hu), divatszó (hu), bűvszó, frázis (hu), szlogen (hu), klisé (hu)
Icelandic: tískuorð m
Irish: dordfhocal m
Japanese: バズワード (bazuwādo)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Polish: buzzword (pl) m
Portuguese: buzzword (pt) m or f, palavra de efeito (pt)
Russian: мо́дное сло́во n (módnoje slóvo)
Spanish: palabra de moda
Swedish: buzzword n
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: moda sözcük, tutulan sözcük, moda kelime, tutulan kelime
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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Estonian: kantseliit

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English buzzword.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈzwoʁ.d͡ʒi/ [baˈzwoɦ.d͡ʒi], /baˈzwoʁd͡ʒ/ [baˈzwoɦd͡ʒ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /baˈzwoɾ.d͡ʒi/, /baˈzwoɾd͡ʒ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baˈzwoʁ.d͡ʒi/, /baˈzwoʁd͡ʒ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈzwoɻd͡ʒ/, /baˈzwoɻ.d͡ʒi/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈzwoɾd/ [bɐˈzwoɾð]

Noun

buzzword m or f (plural buzzwords)

buzzword (fashionable technical jargon)

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