buzzword
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++buzz·word /ˈbʌzwɜːd $ -wɜːrd/ noun [countable] WORD, PHRASE, OR SENTENCEa word or phrase from one special area of knowledge that people suddenly think is very important 时髦用语，流行术语 ‘Multimedia’ has been a buzzword in the computer industry for years. “多媒体”这个词语在计算机行业里已经流行多年了。► see thesaurus at word
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buzzword• Multimedia has been a buzzword in the computer industry for years.• Interesting buzzwords that appear throughout your document will work well here.• The big Internet buzzword at the moment is 'push technology'.• 'Going snap' on a decision was the latest buzzword in our office.• These are the human dramas behind the organizational buzzwords.• Heritage, the buzzword of the 1980s, is out; modernisation, the buzzword of the 1960s, is in.• These are not the buzzwords of the legislated-excellence school reform movement.• Customer-friendliness was the buzzword in British business circles.• Mixed media: Those were the buzzwords for styles that combined several materials.From Longman Business Dictionarybuzzwordbuzz‧word /bʌzwɜːd-wɜːrd/ noun [countable] a word or phrase from one special area of knowledge, that people suddenly think is important and use a lotThe term ‘online business community’ is something of a marketing buzzword these days.buzz·word nounChineseSyllable
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buzzword
buzz‧word /ˈbʌzwɜːd $ -wɜːrd/
noun [countable]
a word or phrase from one special area of knowledge that people suddenly think is very important:
‘Multimedia’ has been a buzzword in the computer industry for years.
▪ word a single group of letters that are used together with a particular meaning: ‘Casa’ is the Italian word for ‘house’. | I looked up the word in a dictionary.
▪name a word that you use for a particular thing, place, organization etc: Iberia is the ancient name for the Spanish Peninsula. | What’s the name of that type of dog?
▪term a word or group of words that is used in a specific subject or area of language: The medical term for losing your hair is ‘alopecia’. | People use the term ‘carbon footprint’ to talk about man’s polluting effect on the environment.
▪phrase a group of words that have a particular meaning when used together, or which someone uses on a particular occasion: We don’t really have a phrase for ‘bon appétit’ in English. | Politicians keep using the phrase ‘family values’. | an Italian phrase book
▪expression a fixed phrase which is used in a language and has a particular meaning: He uses a lot of obscure expressions that I don’t really understand. | What does the expression ‘wage slavery’ mean?
▪buzzword /ˈbʌzwɜːd $ -wɜːrd/ a word or group of words that people in a particular type of work or activity have started using a lot because they think it is important: E-learning is the buzzword in educational publishing at the moment. | For anthropologists, ethnodiversity has been a buzzword for quite a while.
▪idiom /ˈɪdiəm/ a group of words that has a special meaning which you cannot guess from the meanings of each separate word: ‘Full of beans’ is an idiom which means feeling lively and energetic.
▪cliché /ˈkliːʃeɪ $ kliːˈʃeɪ/ a group of words that is used so often that it seems rather boring, annoying, or silly: It’s a bit of a cliché, but good communication skills are the key to success. | the old movie cliché ‘we can’t go on meeting like this’
▪slang very informal words used especially by a particular group of people such as young people, criminals, or soldiers: Grass is slang for marijuana. | prison slang | army slang
▪jargon words and phrases used in a particular profession or by a particular group of people, which are difficult for other people to understand – often used to show disapproval: The instructions were full of technical jargon. | complicated legal jargon
buzz‧word /ˈbʌzwɜːd $ -wɜːrd/
noun [countable]a word or phrase from one special area of knowledge that people suddenly think is very important:
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