buzz word

buzz word

1. A word or phrase that has gained recent popularity, especially among a particular group of people or within a specific context. "Synergy" is a buzz word used to describe the concept of multiple organizations working together towards a common goal.
2. A popular word or phrase that is used so often that it loses its impact or meaning. The boss used so many corporate buzz words in our morning meeting that I'm not even sure I understand what he was trying to say. Harry lost his audience's attention when he started using buzz words during his presentation, which began to seem dull and unoriginal.
See also: buzz, word
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • false friend
  • word by word
  • from the word go
  • filthy
  • filthy lucre
  • have word (from someone or something)
  • get word (from someone or something)
  • receive word
  • receive word (from someone or something)
  • word for word
References in periodicals archive
Terroir has certainly been one of those hot buzz words, and rightly so.
Another "hot" topic
New Delhi [India], Jul 5 ( ANI ): The latest buzz word in the national capital is 'liquid nitrogen,' after a recent incident where a Delhi-based man landed up in hospital after drinking a cocktail, containing liquid nitrogen.
Know what liquid nitrogen is!
So much for his buzz word of the moment, "tolerance".
Letter: Just racist rabble rousing
Is it because of an underlying psychological condition, a deep-rooted childhood trauma, a personality disorder, bullying, abuse, boredom, frustration, an outlet for that bandied about buzz word "stress"?
yourLETTERS: They hurt others because they can
Rowling's Potter series provoked -- to use the current buzz word in reviewers circles -- frissons of excitement among viewers on both sides of the Atlantic.
Rings runs circles around Rowling: Christian in its worldview, Tolkien's lord of the Rings is a literary masterpiece far superior to Rowling's occult-laden, morally ambiguous Harry Potter series. (Cultural Currents)
"Last year creativity was almost every organisation's favourite buzz word, " said the report's author Alex McKie.
Workers 'need time for talking'
The buzz word "community" is massively overworked in other contexts.
REALLY IN IT TOGETHER
So affordability is once more the buzz word to give people that chance for their independence and although 466 new homes in Milnsbridge are a welcome boost, there is an awful long way to go to meet the demand.
Affordable housing; COMMENT The policy of honesty. The might of right. The expediency of principle
It was the way in which our grandparents played their part in the recycling efforts before recycling became the buzz word it is today.
YOUR MEMORIES
They give us what we show them we want and, at the moment, the buzz word is "suffering".
British TV is becoming theatre of pain
"Empowerment" seems to be the new buzz word used by the politicians.
Letter: Your Say - To The Point
Obesity has been the buzz word on the lips of health experts, sporting greats and MPs over recent months.
Birmingham Post Comment: Exercise is the key
Add to that the buzz word 'zest', which is also as overworked, and you have a recipe to make you want to reach for the mute button.
Letter: Cracking? Crackpot presenting more like
SIR - Choice is the latest buzz word, with the Conservatives and Labour both unveiling their plans for health and education.
Quality, not choice
Arguably the biggest "buzz word" of the current year has been "learning or knowledge object".
Debunking the Buzz Words Or Can Hermeneutic Analysis Be Used To Evaluate Pedagogically Based Learning Objects Designed from Constructivist Epistemological Ontologies Defined in XML Metadata?