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BUZZWORD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does buzzword mean?
• BUZZWORD (noun)
The noun BUZZWORD has 1 sense:
1. stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
Familiarity information: BUZZWORD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
buzzword; cant
Hypernyms ("buzzword" is a kind of...):
bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)
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