buzzword
noun
buzz·word
ˈbəz-ˌwərd 
1
: an important-sounding usually technical word or phrase often of little meaning used chiefly to impress laymen
2
: a voguish word or phrase
called also buzz phrase
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Microdramas, anime and K-content were buzzwords on everyone’s lips this year, as Squid Game once again set records for Netflix and KPop Demon Hunter got the world singing.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2025
The conversations around small business successes and purchasing during the holidays come as affordability has become a buzzword in 2025 politics.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2025
Along the way, all of them continue to use self-help buzzwords and weaponized therapy speak to justify being terrible people.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2025
These products aren’t just chasing trends or throwing around pseudoscientific buzzwords.
—Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2025
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2025
The conversations around small business successes and purchasing during the holidays come as affordability has become a buzzword in 2025 politics.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2025
Along the way, all of them continue to use self-help buzzwords and weaponized therapy speak to justify being terrible people.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2025
These products aren’t just chasing trends or throwing around pseudoscientific buzzwords.
—Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for buzzword
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“Buzzword.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buzzword. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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