buzzword
noun
buzz·word
ˈbəz-ˌwərd 
1
: an important-sounding usually technical word or phrase often of little meaning used chiefly to impress laymen
2
: a voguish word or phrase
called also buzz phrase
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Collaboration tends to be more of a buzzword than an actual strategy.
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Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Like almost every booth at CES, the buzzword was AI—in this case the use of AI pattern matching techniques to better classify radar targets and even improve resolution on figuring out their location.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
In the moments after the Central Catholic boys basketball team rallied from a double-digit deficit to hand No. 2 Lowell a 72-63 loss for its first of the year Friday night, that’s the buzzword star junior Javi Lopez mentioned four times in his two-minute postgame interview.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
Tom’s of Maine was demonstrating how businesses could balance profitability with environmental stewardship and social responsibility long before sustainability became a corporate buzzword.
—Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Like almost every booth at CES, the buzzword was AI—in this case the use of AI pattern matching techniques to better classify radar targets and even improve resolution on figuring out their location.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
In the moments after the Central Catholic boys basketball team rallied from a double-digit deficit to hand No. 2 Lowell a 72-63 loss for its first of the year Friday night, that’s the buzzword star junior Javi Lopez mentioned four times in his two-minute postgame interview.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
Tom’s of Maine was demonstrating how businesses could balance profitability with environmental stewardship and social responsibility long before sustainability became a corporate buzzword.
—Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Buzzword.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buzzword. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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