"buzz-phrase" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: buzz-phrases [plural]
Etymology: From buzz + phrase. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|buzz|phrase}} buzz + phrase Head templates: {{en-noun}} buzz-phrase (plural buzz-phrases)
  1. A phrase drawn from or imitative of technical jargon, and often rendered meaningless and fashionable through abuse by non-technical persons in a seeming show of familiarity with the subject. Categories (topical): Rhetoric Related terms: buzzword Translations (A phrase drawn from or imitative of technical jargon, and often rendered meaningless and fashionable through abuse by non-technical persons in a seeming show of familiarity with the subject): abgedroschene Phrase [feminine] (German), Schlagwort. [neuter] (German), frase zumbona (Spanish)

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