That year's buzzword was digital: digital clocks, digital microwave ovens, even digital pens.
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Buzzword
//ˈbʌzwɜː(ɹ)d//
Synonyms for "buzzword" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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6 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 17 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 流行詞 /流行词 noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- 行話 /行话 noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Danish
1 entries- modeord noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Dutch
2 entries- buzzwoord noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- modewoord noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Finnish
3 entries- iskusana noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- kapulakielinen sana noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- muotisana noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
German
4 entries- Buzzword noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- Modewort noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- Schlagwort noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- abgedroschene Phrase noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Hebrew
1 entries- זמזומילה noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Hungarian
4 entries- bűvszó noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- divatszó noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- frázis noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- hívószó noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Icelandic
1 entries- tískuorð noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Irish
1 entries- dordfhocal noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Japanese
2 entries- バズワード noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- 流行語 noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Korean
2 entries- 버즈워드 noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- 유행어 noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Macedonian
1 entries- помодарски збор noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Polish
1 entries- buzzword noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Portuguese
2 entries- buzzword noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- palavra de efeito noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Russian
1 entries- мо́дное сло́во noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Spanish
4 entries- cantilena noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- cantinela noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- clishé noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
- expresión en voga noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Swedish
1 entries- buzzword noun (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Their salespeople know all the right buzzwords, but they can't really help you solve your problems.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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