"buzzword" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbʌzwɜː(ɹ)d/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbʌzwɜɹd/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-buzzword.ogg Forms: buzzwords [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌzwɜː(ɹ)d Etymology: Coined in the 1970s in the United States, from buzz + word. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|buzz|word}} buzz + word Head templates: {{en-noun}} buzzword (plural buzzwords)
  1. (sometimes derogatory) A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning. Wikipedia link: buzzword Tags: derogatory, sometimes Categories (topical): Rhetoric Synonyms: buzz word, buzz-word Derived forms: buzz-phrase, buzzword bingo, buzzword compliance, buzzword compliant, buzzwordy Related terms: blind with science Translations (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon): 流行詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 流行词 (liúxíngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), 行話 (Chinese Mandarin), 行话 (hánghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), modeord [neuter] (Danish), buzzwoord [neuter] (Dutch), modewoord [neuter] (Dutch), iskusana (Finnish), muotisana (Finnish), kapulakielinen sana (Finnish), Modewort [neuter] (German), sinnentleertes Modewort [neuter] (German), Schlagwort [neuter] (German), leeres Schlagwort [neuter] (German), abgedroschene Phrase [feminine] (German), Buzzword [neuter] (German), זמזומילה (zimzumilá) [feminine] (Hebrew), hívószó (Hungarian), divatszó (Hungarian), bűvszó (Hungarian), frázis (Hungarian), szlogen (Hungarian), klisé (Hungarian), tískuorð [masculine] (Icelandic), dordfhocal [masculine] (Irish), バズワード (bazuwādo) (Japanese), buzzword [masculine] (Polish), buzzword [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), palavra de efeito (Portuguese), мо́дное сло́во (módnoje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian), palabra de moda (Spanish), expresión en voga [feminine] (Spanish), cantinela [feminine] (Spanish), clishé [masculine] (Spanish), buzzword [neuter] (Swedish), moda sözcük (Turkish), tutulan sözcük (Turkish), moda kelime (Turkish), tutulan kelime (Turkish)

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Alternative forms

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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "流行詞"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "liúxíngcí",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "流行词"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "行話"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hánghuà",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "行话"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "modewoord"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "iskusana"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "muotisana"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "kapulakielinen sana"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Modewort"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sinnentleertes Modewort"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Schlagwort"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "leeres Schlagwort"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "abgedroschene Phrase"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Buzzword"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "zimzumilá",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "זמזומילה"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "hívószó"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "divatszó"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "bűvszó"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "frázis"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "szlogen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "klisé"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tískuorð"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dordfhocal"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bazuwādo",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "バズワード"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "buzzword"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "buzzword"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "palavra de efeito"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "módnoje slóvo",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "мо́дное сло́во"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "palabra de moda"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "expresión en voga"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cantinela"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clishé"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "buzzword"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "moda sözcük"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "tutulan sözcük"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "moda kelime"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
          "word": "tutulan kelime"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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  "word": "buzzword"
}
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      "word": "buzz-phrase"
    },
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      "word": "buzzword bingo"
    },
    {
      "word": "buzzword compliance"
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    {
      "word": "buzzword compliant"
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      "word": "buzzwordy"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Dutch: buzzword, buzzwoord"
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          "expansion": "→ French: buzzword",
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      "text": "→ French: buzzword"
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          "expansion": "→ German: Buzzword",
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      "text": "→ German: Buzzword"
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: זמזומילה (zimzumilá) (calque)"
    },
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        {
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            "1": "ga",
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      "text": "→ Irish: dordfhocal (calque)"
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          "expansion": "→ Polish: buzzword",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Polish: buzzword"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "buzzword",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: buzzword",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: buzzword"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "buzzword",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: buzzword",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: buzzword"
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      "name": "affix"
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      "tags": [
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
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    "buzz‧word"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "blind with science"
    }
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English derogatory terms",
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        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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        "Rhymes:English/ʌzwɜː(ɹ)d",
        "Rhymes:English/ʌzwɜː(ɹ)d/2 syllables",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "en:Rhetoric"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Their salespeople know all the right buzzwords, but they can't really help you solve your problems.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1972 May 14, Marylyn Bender, “Harvard's Brahmin Radical”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Ideology is a [George Cabot] Lodge buzzword, as they say in business schools, the first word that sends many executives and students who would emulate them, into fury.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 June 19, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, “Inside the Crypto World's Biggest Scandal”, in Wired, →ISSN:",
          "text": "There is great confusion and debate about what a blockchain even is—some people argue it’s become a meaningless buzzword—but the standard definition describes a shared, decentralized, cryptographically secure, immutable digital ledger.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning."
      ],
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        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "technical",
          "technical"
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          "jargon"
        ]
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        "(sometimes derogatory) A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning."
      ],
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        "derogatory",
        "sometimes"
      ],
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        "buzzword"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌzwɜː(ɹ)d/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌzwɜɹd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-buzzword.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌzwɜː(ɹ)d"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "buzz word"
    },
    {
      "word": "buzz-word"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "流行詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liúxíngcí",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "流行词"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "行話"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hánghuà",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "行话"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "modeord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "buzzwoord"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "modewoord"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "iskusana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "muotisana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "kapulakielinen sana"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Modewort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sinnentleertes Modewort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schlagwort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "leeres Schlagwort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abgedroschene Phrase"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Buzzword"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "zimzumilá",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "זמזומילה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "hívószó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "divatszó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "bűvszó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "frázis"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "szlogen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "klisé"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tískuorð"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dordfhocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bazuwādo",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "バズワード"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buzzword"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buzzword"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "palavra de efeito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "módnoje slóvo",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мо́дное сло́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "palabra de moda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "expresión en voga"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cantinela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clishé"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "buzzword"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "moda sözcük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "tutulan sözcük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "moda kelime"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon",
      "word": "tutulan kelime"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buzzword"
}

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