BUZZWORD


Meaning of BUZZWORD in English

buzz ‧ word /ˈbʌzwɜːd $ -wɜːrd/ BrE AmE 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.

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THESAURUS

▪ word a single group of letters that are used together with a particular meaning:

‘Casa’ is the Italian word for ‘house’.

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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.

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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’.

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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.

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Politicians keep using the phrase ‘family values’.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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prison slang

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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.

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complicated legal jargon

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.