buzzword
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of buzzword
Example Sentences
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This sounds a lot like churn, Mr. Steele’s buzzword 16 years later, and it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that his new book, at its core, is a broad restatement of his first one.
So it goes with corporate jargon—words used in business that rely on buzzwords or forced phrases instead of plain, concrete speech.
During the call, Chief Executive Brian Armstrong noted there was a prediction market tied to the call and rattled off a list of cryptocurrency buzzwords that traders were betting on.
Fiber, it seems, has become the latest buzzword in the dietary space as fibermaxxing, the food trend of loading up on fiber, is predicted to take over 2025’s trend of protein-maxxing.
From Salon
Lagarde: We had “uncertainty” as the buzzword; I think fragmentation is the next buzzword after uncertainty.
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