buzzword
/ˈbʌzwɜɹd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Their salespeople know all the right buzzwords, but they can't really help you solve your problems."
- "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."
- "Have you tried doing it yourself? It's not easy. I was hoping to illustrate this article with some self-created buzzwords for leftwingers to use. The first one I came up with was "molehill mountaineer", a pejorative term to describe the sort of perpetually furious rightwing weevil who spends their life calculatedly conflating issues such as the "Ground Zero mosque" into gigantic media crapgasms. […] Because in today's 2,000mph technological freefall, he who coins the catchiest buzzword generally wins the debate by default."
- "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."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbʌzwɜɹd/
- British English: /ˈbʌzwɜː(ɹ)d/