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In the first weeks of the Obama administration, 'bipartisanship' was the reigning buzzword, and when the Beltway thinks 'bipartisan,' it pictures President Reagan and Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill putting aside their differences and forging a legislative partnership, a ruddy pair of genial patriarchs bonding over the Blarney Stone.
James Wolcott

Meaning of "buzzword" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUZZWORD

buzzword  [ˈbʌzwɜːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUZZWORD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Buzzword is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUZZWORD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Buzzword

A buzzword is a word or phrase used to impress, or one that is fashionable. Buzzwords often originate in jargon or are neologisms. The term was first used in 1946 as student slang.

Definition of buzzword in the English dictionary

The definition of buzzword in the dictionary is a word, often originating in a particular jargon, that becomes a vogue word in the community as a whole or among a particular group.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUZZWORD


afterword
ˈɑːftəˌwɜːd
backword
ˈbækˌwɜːd
byword
ˈbaɪˌwɜːd
catchword
ˈkætʃˌwɜːd
codeword
ˈkəʊdˌwɜːd
crossword
ˈkrɒswɜːd
foreword
ˈfɔːˌwɜːd
headword
ˈhɛdˌwɜːd
keyword
ˈkiːˌwɜːd
password
ˈpɑːsˌwɜːd
reword
riːˈwɜːd
swearword
ˈswɛəˌwɜːd
watchword
ˈwɒtʃˌwɜːd
whirred
wɜːd
word
wɜːd
word-for-word
ˌwɜːdfəˈwɜːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUZZWORD

buyout
Buys Ballot´s law
buzkashi
buzz
buzz bomb
buzz cut
buzz in
buzz off
buzz phrase
buzz saw
buzz word
buzzard
buzzcut
buzzer
buzzing
buzzingly
buzzkill
buzzsaw
buzzwig
buzzy

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUZZWORD

at a word
buzz word
double-edged sword
f-word
in a word
mum´s the word
n-word
of one´s word
operative word
printed word
root word
sword
the c-word
the f-word
the last word
the n-word
the sword
the word
word for word
written word

Synonyms and antonyms of buzzword in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «buzzword» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUZZWORD

Find out the translation of buzzword to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of buzzword from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «buzzword» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

某领域的时髦用语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

palabra de moda
570 millions of speakers

English

buzzword
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मूलमंत्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكلمة الطنانة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

словом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

palavra da moda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুঞ্জনধ্বণিতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mot à la mode
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buzzword
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Modewort
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

専門的流行語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유행어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Buzzword
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

từ thông dụng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறிச்சொல்லாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Buzzword
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

moda sözcük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

termine alla moda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

modne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

словом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

buzzword
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τσιτάτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

modewoord
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

modeord
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

buzzword
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of buzzword

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUZZWORD»

The term «buzzword» is regularly used and occupies the 58.646 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUZZWORD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about buzzword

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QUOTES WITH «BUZZWORD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word buzzword.
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James Wolcott
In the first weeks of the Obama administration, 'bipartisanship' was the reigning buzzword, and when the Beltway thinks 'bipartisan,' it pictures President Reagan and Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill putting aside their differences and forging a legislative partnership, a ruddy pair of genial patriarchs bonding over the Blarney Stone.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUZZWORD»

Discover the use of buzzword in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to buzzword and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Buzzword Bingo Book: The Complete, Definitive Guide to ...
Defines business catch phrases and explains how the game is played Now this sneaky little pastime goes public in this snarky how-to humor book. The Buzzword Bingo Book is a complete guide to the game, providing an overview
Lara Stein, Benjamin Yoskovitz, 1998
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The Buzzword Dictionary: 1,000 Phrases Translated from ...
Pompous jargon pervades English these days, from corporate speak to silly legalisms.
John Walston, 2006
3
Adobe Creative Suite 5 Bible
Accessing Adobe Buzzword One important thing to realize is that Buzzword is free to all whether they are Creative Suite users or not. Anyone with an Internet connection can access Buzzword, and no program installation is required.
Ted Padova, Kelly L. Murdock, 2010
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Getting StartED with Netbooks
Buzzword. Adobe's Buzzword is a surprisingly full feature toolset for word processing and collaborative document authoring. It has a lot of powerful features like flexible handling of lists and image insertions. Because it is an online service, your ...
Nancy Nicolaisen, 2009
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Global Innovation. Buzzword or Growth Strategy?
Abstract This research paper examines the question: Is innovation a critical success factor for today business or merely a modern buzzword? Setting the example of the ITC and luxury goods industry Europe is increasingly under innovation ...
Sabine Pröbstl, 2013
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InDesign CS5 Bible
As part of the CS Live optional online services (covered in Chapter I), InDesign CSS can place files from Adobe's Buzzword shared-editing service. To place a file from Buzzword, first be sure you have an active Internet connect, then choose  ...
Galen Gruman, 2010
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Cloud Computing: Web-Based Applications That Change the Way ...
And, although some competing applications may offer greater formatting flexibility , none have near the installed base of users that Google Docs has. note Buzzword was originally developed by a company named Virtual Ubiquity, and acquired ...
Michael Miller, 2008
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Mastering InDesign CS5 for Print Design and Production
There are four options at the bottom of the Place Buzzword Documents dialog. Here's what they mean: Show Import Options If enabled, this option will open the Buzzword Import Options dialog. As you can see in Figure 2.9, this dialog is ...
Pariah S. Burke, 2010
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Capitalism at the Crossoads: Aligning Business, Earth, and ...
Buzzword. Sort. Just as the creation of sustained shareholder value requires performance on ... these conceptual distinctions is key to creating a more disciplined understanding of 64 CAPITALISM AT THE CROSSROADS The Buzzword Sort.
Stuart L. Hart, 2007
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Games, Diversions & Perl Culture: Best of the Perl Journal
Buzzword: Inheritance. There's a great deal of reuse possible for sharing phrases between modules for related dialects, or for sharing auxiliary functions between related languages. (By auxiliary functions, I mean functions that don't produce ...
Jon Orwant, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUZZWORD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term buzzword is used in the context of the following news items.
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Big data: The 100-year-old buzzword
Visual analytics and data science are hot. As we create more data than ever before, we seek newer, better, faster ways to make sense of it and ... «Computerworld, Jul 15»
2
SurveyMonkey has a new CEO
The Internet of things may be the buzzword du jour in business circles, but 87% of consumers don't have any idea what that term means, ... «Fortune, Jul 15»
3
July Budget 2015: Odds on George Osborne to talk Greece, BBC …
... to #MinisterOfAwesome Yanis Varoufakis at 5/1, while Greece is the word topping the Budget buzzword bingo list, according to Ladbroks. «City A.M., Jul 15»
4
SPONSORED: Sustainability is not a buzzword. It's good business.
These days, the word "sustainability" feels overused. This is especially true in business, and nowhere more so than in the packaging industry. «BizTimes.com, Jul 15»
5
Every Video Game Buzzword, In One New Game Announcement
EuroRPG developer Piranha Bytes announced its new game, to be published by Nordic Games, in utterly unremarkable fashion: via press ... «Kotaku Australia, Jul 15»
6
Jon Stewart rips Ted Cruz's 'buzzword-nothing bullsh*t' defense of …
“That is such buzzword-nothing bullsh*t,” Stewart shouted. “Who doesn't want to admit what?” To emphasize his point, Stewart replayed ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
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You are here: HomeOmni-channel: from buzzword to business case
So before we go any further let's define what it is, and how it is different from another overused — and often misunderstood — buzzword: ... «Global Telecoms Business, Jul 15»
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Does mindfulness really work?
Welcome to the world of mindfulness. It's the buzzword in the corporate world; it's the buzzword in the psychological community. Therapists are ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
9
The sustainability buzzword
Sustainable development has become one of the buzzwords of our times. The term is used and articulated by different sectors of society, ... «Times of Malta, Jun 15»
10
Specht: Buzzword or not, engagement is here to stay
Full disclosure: I lead an agency called Olson Engage (formerly Olson PR), so it was with great interest, and a hint of discomfort, that I sat down ... «PR Week, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Buzzword [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/buzzword>. May 2024 ».
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