From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbuzzwordbuzz‧word /ˈbʌzwɜːd $ -wɜːrd/ noun [countable] WORD, PHRASE, OR SENTENCEa word or phrase from one special area of knowledge that people suddenly think is very important ‘Multimedia’ has been a buzzword in the computer industry for years.► see thesaurus at word
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buzzword• Multimedia has been a buzzword in the computer industry for years.• Interesting buzzwords that appear throughout your document will work well here.• The big Internet buzzword at the moment is 'push technology'.• 'Going snap' on a decision was the latest buzzword in our office.• These are the human dramas behind the organizational buzzwords.• Heritage, the buzzword of the 1980s, is out; modernisation, the buzzword of the 1960s, is in.• These are not the buzzwords of the legislated-excellence school reform movement.• Customer-friendliness was the buzzword in British business circles.• Mixed media: Those were the buzzwords for styles that combined several materials.From Longman Business Dictionarybuzzwordbuzz‧word /bʌzwɜːd-wɜːrd/ noun [countable] a word or phrase from one special area of knowledge, that people suddenly think is important and use a lotThe term ‘online business community’ is something of a marketing buzzword these days. 