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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

• BUZZWORD (noun)

Sense 1

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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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