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Buzzword

A word (or words) used constantly like cringe, cancer, drink bleach, kill yourself, and others until they completely lose their meanings and importance.

buzzword

by Gumba Gumba on Aug 04, 2004 02:43:49

(n.) Ambigous word (often hyphenated) that is repeated over and over to win support for a cause. use of buzzwords is not exclusive to any side of the political spectrum, or any particular opinion on any matter.

Example:
media bias, fair and balanced, racist, the best, human rights, immoral, moral, homophobe, rightista, good old fashioned values, fascist.

the list is unexhaustive.

buzzword

by Mr Ben on Feb 08, 2005 05:32:42

A contemporary yet cliched word, saying or catchphrase, often used by incompetent managers in an attempt to motivate staff. Which fails.

Example:
"Always a pleasure, Mr Ben. Never a chore." - greeting given every day by one of Mr Ben's former supervisors. Example can be found in the book "Managerial Bollocks For Dummies", priced £2.99.

buzzword

by Sparkyyyyyy on Aug 31, 2005 08:10:35

A buzzword is a term or phrase that sounds good, but mean nothing. Buzzwords are widely used in the media, advertising, politics and other sections of society.

Example:
these are all buzzwords: hit single, clinical tests, mateship, fair go, coastal shipping, global warming, international law, morality, peace and justice for all, etc.

buzzword orgy

by John Austin Vierra on Jul 28, 2010 00:01:00

The use of several buzzwords in a single sentence to make the idea being conveyed sound more important, or better than it actually is. Also useful when one needs to distract the listener from realizing that an effort was a complete failure.

Example:
Executive 1: Although it was not useful for this specific endeavor, by implementing a more robust system with increased functionality, users have the opportunity to make learning more interactive and engaging.

Executive 2: Loose the buzzword orgy and tell me the truth.

buzzword bingo

by LondonMum on Jan 28, 2014 22:05:13

A game played between colleagues in a meeting who are only half-heartedly listening to the speaker. Words and/or business phrases are arranged in a traditional Bingo board fashion and inconsipicuously checked off as the speaker says them. Suggestions include: strategy, direction, "the way forward," collaborative, etc.

Example:
Me: "Hey, let's play buzzword bingo."
You: "Of course!"
Me: "Ok, I've got: global, expansion, cost-cutting, and strategy."
You: "Fine. I'll take layoffs, acquisition, growth model, and sync."

Buzzword Artist

by KQ17 on May 19, 2020 01:21:14

A useless simpleton who makes a living using buzzwords but doesn't contribute with actual work.

Example:
"That guy keeps talking about experience, workflow and engagement. He doesn't know shit! He's a buzzword artist."

Buzzword Salad

by Essar on Mar 09, 2019 15:02:42

Buzzword Salad is a variety of word salad that heavily uses "buzzwords" rather than conventional words. Imagine an ad man or PR hack speaking in tongues about the next safe tobacco product in a harsh CDC report.

Example:
I thought that word-salad was pure gibberish, but there was a signal of the "buzzwords" here. Buzzword Salad is a variety of word salad that heavily uses "buzzwords" rather than conventional words. Imagine an ad man or PR hack speaking in tongues about the next safe tobacco product in a adversarial CDC report.

Imagine an IPCC citation, which is legitimate, blurred with the buzz-word salad.

Imagine the next CDC report, mixed with an antivaccine essay.

Buzzword McJargon

by 2600 on Feb 12, 2008 13:18:52

Someone who uses buzzwords in a nonsensical rant in an attempt to appear leet.

Example:
Oh Shit, Duck! Here comes Buzzword McJargon... And He's wearing his helmet again. Maybe if he doesn't see us he wont come over here.

Buzzword: "Hey guys I wrote a erlang script that will corrupt your firewall by spraying udp packets with invalid checksums."

buzzword commando

by odoylerules1 on Dec 21, 2011 11:58:38

Someone who over uses technical or industry terms to seem more knowledgeable about a subject than they really are.

Example:
"Yeah, I've worked on ERP's, OSS's using the latest ORMS all feeding into a No-SQL data base."

That' dudes a fucking buzzword commando.

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