0 a word or expression from a particular subject area that has become fashionable by being used a lot, especially on television and in the newspapers: --
"Diversity" is the new buzzword in education.
1 a word or expression that is very often used, esp. in public discussions, because it represents opinions that are popular: --
"Listening to the people" was the buzz word among politicians.
2 a word or expression from a particular subject area that has become fashionable because it has been used a lot: --
Companies know there's nothing like a hot new buzzword, like ‘nanotechnology’ or ‘sustainability’, to get the attention of investors.
Current buzzwords to be found in a proliferation of new or revised teaching materials claiming a basis in ongoing research include content or theme based, task based, and project based.
In computer sales and marketing, a new buzzword-ridden language has come into existence with the specific purpose of stunning the buyer so that he is open to a quick sell.
The remaining five words were more ('buzzword', 'canonicity', 'multicultural', 'privatize') or less ('downsize') familiar to the spellers.
Alas, our ears have become so insensitive that we see nothing wrong with the current buzzwords, even when they are both cacophonous and imprecise.
The buzzword would soon be 'protest'.
In particular, the former tend to have their heads filled with buzzwords and have little appreciation of the difference between the latest marketing hype and foundational knowledge.
Or can we anticipate the impending doom on yet another short-lived buzzword of architectural criticism?
But it is hardly more of a buzzword than any other adjectival nouns or gerunds.
