- 1時髦術語、流行用語（帶「大家跟著喊、不見得真懂」的意思）
A buzzword is a word or a short phrase from some special field that people suddenly treat as very important. Everyone starts saying it in meetings, in ads, in school talks — often faster than they can say what it really means. 'Synergy', 'disruption', 'AI-powered' have all had this life. The word is a little teasing. If you call something a buzzword, you are not praising it; you are hinting that the excitement is louder than the thought. It was coined in the United States in the 1970s, from buzz (the talk around a thing) plus word. Teachers, journalists, and tired office people use it. Though actually, a technical word is not a buzzword just because it is hard. It becomes one when it is fashionable.
組成buzz (excited talk in the air) + word (a word, or a short phrase treated like one). American, 1970s.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
buzzwordnoun/ˈbʌzwɜː(ɹ)d/
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derogatoryA word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning.
- Their salespeople know all the right buzzwords, but they can't really help you solve your problems.
- 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.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。