buzzword

[ buhz-wurd ]

noun

1. a word or phrase, often sounding authoritative or technical, that is a vogue term in a particular profession, field of study, popular culture, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of buzzword¹

First recorded in 1965–70; buzz + word

Example Sentences

Fashion Snoops, for example, uses AI to scrape the internet for buzzwords and novel slang with the potential to develop into something chic.

From Popular-Science

Your book is called Sanctuary, but a lot of it is a rethinking of what we mean when we talk about this buzzword resilience.

From Time

Customization, comfort, inclusivity, and environmental awareness are the buzzwords we kept coming back to for this year’s top sports and outdoor innovations.

From Popular-Science

This was the 1990s, so many, many years before Big Data or Deep Learning became buzzwords.

From Nautilus

Sports and OutdoorsCustomization, comfort, inclusivity, and environmental awareness are the buzzwords we kept coming back to for this year’s top sports and outdoor innovations.

From Popular-Science

The latter in particular has become a buzzword for Silicon Valley start-ups.

From The Daily Beast

The perilousness of ubiquity with a hashtag—or any buzzword, for that matter—is that people can too easily forget its origin.

From The Daily Beast

“It's for the conference set; the buzzword of 2013's business model,” she said, laughing.

From The Daily Beast

The threats from Israel began anew, with a new choreography and a new buzzword: “zone of immunity.”

From The Daily Beast

It's a nice buzzword, but argues against a principle of our governance.

From The Daily Beast

Netconomy started as a buzzword, joining net, network, and economy.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• jargon
• slang