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{{Short description|Term used to impress in organizations}}

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A buzzword is a word or phrase, new or already existing, that becomes popular for a period of time. Buzzwords often derive from technical terms yet often have much of the original technical meaning removed through fashionable use, being simply used to impress others. Some buzzwords retain their true technical meaning when used in the correct contexts, for example artificial intelligence.{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buzzword |title=Buzzword |work=Merriam-Webster |access-date=February 3, 2015}}

Compare: "buzzword n. orig. and chiefly U.S. a keyword; a catchword or expression currently fashionable; a term used more to impress than to inform, esp. a technical or jargon term." {{Cite OED |buzz}}

Buzzwords often originate in jargon, acronyms, or neologisms.[http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/buzzwordterm.htm definition of buzzword] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115173228/http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/buzzwordterm.htm |date=January 15, 2017}}. Grammar.About.com. Examples of overworked business buzzwords include synergy, vertical, dynamic, cyber and strategy.

It has been stated that businesses could not operate without buzzwords, as they are the shorthands or internal shortcuts that make perfect sense to people informed of the context.{{cite journal |last=Ettorre |first=Barbara |date=September 1997 |title=What's the Next Business Buzzword? |journal=Management Review |volume=86 |issue=8 |url=https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-20076976/what-s-the-next-business-buzzword |access-date=September 6, 2015 |quote=How can corporate America operate without buzzwords? They will be with us always because business organizations are a ready market for them. ... These are internal shortcuts. To outsiders, they might be little understood, but to everyone in the organization, they make perfect sense.}} However, a useful buzzword can become co-opted into general popular speech and lose its usefulness. According to management professor Robert Kreitner, "Buzzwords are the literary equivalent of Gresham's law. They will drive out good ideas."{{cite journal |last=Ettorre |first=Barbara |date=September 1997 |title=What's the Next Business Buzzword? |journal=Management Review |volume=86 |issue=8 |url=https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-20076976/what-s-the-next-business-buzzword |access-date=September 6, 2015 |quote=Robert Kreitner, senior lecturer and professor of management at Arizona State University, equates buzzwords with the economic theory holding that bad money drives out good money. 'Buzzwords are the literary equivalent of Gresham's Law', Kreitner says. 'They will drive out good ideas [...].'}}

Buzzwords, or buzz-phrases such as "all on the same page", can also be seen in business as a way to make people feel like there is a mutual understanding. As most workplaces use a specialized jargon, which could be argued is another form of buzzwords, it allows quicker communication. Indeed, many new hires feel more like "part of the team" the quicker they learn the buzzwords of their new workplace. Buzzwords permeate people's working lives so much that many do not realize that they are using them. The vice president of CSC Index, Rich DeVane, notes that buzzwords describe not only a trend, but also what can be considered a "ticket of entry" with regards to being considered as a successful organization – "What people find tiresome is each consulting firm's attempt to put a different spin on it. That's what gives bad information."Ettore, B. (1997, September). [https://www.proquest.com/docview/206683339 What's the next business buzzword?] Management Review, 33–35.

Buzzwords also feature prominently in politics, where they can result in a process which "privileges rhetoric over reality, producing policies that are 'operationalized' first and only 'conceptualized' at a later date". The resulting political speech is known for "eschewing reasoned debate (as characterized by the use of evidence and structured argument), instead employing language exclusively for the purposes of control and manipulation".{{sfn|Loughlin|2002|pp=229–242}}

Definition

The Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines a buzzword (hyphenating the term as buzz-word) as a slogan, or as a fashionable piece of jargon: a chic, fashionable, voguish, trendy word a la mode.

It has been asserted that buzzwords do not simply appear, they are created by a group of people working within a business as a means to generate hype.{{sfn|Collins|2000}} Buzzwords are most closely associated with management and have become the vocabulary that is known as "management speak": Using a pompous or magisterial term, of or relating to a particular subject employed to impress those outside of the field of expertise.

It could also be called buzz phrase or loaded word.

What this means is that when a manager uses a said buzzword, most other people do not hear the meaning, and instead just see it as a buzzword. However it has been said that buzzwords are almost a "necessary evil" of management, as a way to inspire their team, but also stroke their own egos.{{sfn|Cluley|2013}} With that being said, a buzzword is not necessarily a bad thing, as many disciplines thrive with the introduction of new terms which can be called buzzwords. These can also cross over into pop culture and indeed even into everyday life.{{sfn|Collins|2000}} With media channels now operating through many media, such as television, radio, print and increasingly digital (especially with the rise of social media), a "buzzword" can catch on and rapidly be adapted through the world.

Origin

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The origin of buzzwords can be seen in {{harvtxt|Hallgren|Weiss|1946}} as coming from business students studying at Harvard University as a way to help them gain better results from their studies. Such language terms were collated{{by whom|date=February 2024}} and then became what is known today as "buzzwords". During the early years of buzzwords{{when|date=February 2024}}, buzzwords were used by students as a means to enable them to quickly recall items of importance. As an example, "If his analysis does not highlight the most important problems he has 'poor focus', and if he fails to emphasize important recommendations he will be accused of 'tinkering'. If the sequence for the 'implementation' of the recommendations is not good it is a matter of 'poor timing'. To succeed, the student must 'get on top of the problem'. He must 'hit the problem' and not 'shadow box' it. If he cannot do these things he might just as well 'turn in his suit'".{{sfn|Hallgren|Weiss|1946|p=263}}

Students have used many different buzzwords to describe the situation that they are in, and how this might affect a moment in their everyday life. From studying these business students, {{harvtxt|Hallgren|Weiss|1946}} noticed that business students could speak with apparent authority. It also seemed{{to whom|date=February 2024}} as if using the right buzzword was more important than what the student came up with as an answer. Buzzwords have a strong influence on business culture and are commonly used in business speak.

In popular culture

Jon Keegan of the Wall Street Journal has published a Business Buzzwords Generator, which allows readers to use a randomizer to assemble "meaningless business phrases using overused business buzzwords" – for example, "This product will incentivize big data and demonstrate innovative performance in the playing field."{{cite web|url=http://projects.wsj.com/buzzwords2014/|title=Business Buzzwords Generator|work=Wall Street Journal:Projects |access-date=February 3, 2015 |first=Jon |last=Keegan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203055135/http://projects.wsj.com/buzzwords2014/#p=1%7C4,35%7C16%7C18%7C%7C%7C0|archive-date=February 3, 2015|url-status=dead}}

Forbes hosts an annual "Jargon Madness" game, in which 32 of "corporate America's most insufferable expressions" are played off against each other in a bracketed, basketball-style tournament to determine the buzzword of the year.{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettnelson/2013/02/05/business-jargon-bracketology-which-annoying-corporate-buzzword-cliche-or-euphemism-will-win-forbes-ncaa-style-tourney-vote-now/|title=Business Jargon Bracketology: Which Annoying Corporate Buzzword, Cliché Or Euphemism Will Win Forbes' NCAA-Style Tourney? Vote Now!|last=Nelson|first=Brett|date=February 5, 2013|work=Forbes|access-date=February 3, 2015}}

LinkedIn publishes an annual list of buzzwords to avoid in creating résumés (British English: CVs) – "trite, empty words that may sound good to your ear but say almost nothing". The 2014 list: motivated, passionate, creative, driven, extensive experience, responsible, strategic, track record, organizational, and expert.{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2015/01/21/ten-buzzwords-to-cut-from-your-linkedin-profile-in-2015/|title=Ten Buzzwords To Cut From Your LinkedIn Profile In 2015|last=Adams|first=Susan|date=January 21, 2015|work=Forbes|access-date=February 3, 2015}}

When people are approaching a meeting where they expect the presenters to use many buzzwords, they may prepare a game of buzzword bingo, where players score points each time a particular buzzword is used.{{cite web |url= http://www.writersdreamtools.com/view/humor/view.asp?HumorID=14 |title=Buzzword Bingo |last=Belling |first=Larry |date=2000 |website=Writers Dreamtools |access-date=November 5, 2009 |archive-date=September 18, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170918064904/http://www.writersdreamtools.com/view/humor/view.asp?HumorID=14 |url-status=dead}}

Patch Products has published a board game called Buzzword.{{cite web|url=http://www.patchproducts.com/p/buzzword|title=Buzzword® |work=PlayMonster |publisher=Patch Products, Inc.|access-date=February 3, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050237/http://www.patchproducts.com/p/buzzword|url-status=dead}}

The "Weird Al" Yankovic album Mandatory Fun contains the song "Mission Statement", which is a long list of essentially meaningless buzzwords.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6174253/weird-al-yankovic-mission-statement-video |title='Weird Al' Yankovic Announces His 'Mission Statement' in Final Video |date=July 21, 2014 |magazine=Billboard |first1=Erin |last1=Strecker |access-date=May 30, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905075142/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6174253/weird-al-yankovic-mission-statement-video |archive-date= 2015-09-05}}

Examples

=General conversation=

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  • Alignment
  • Antifragile{{cite journal |last=Geddes |first=Linda |date=December 2, 2012 |title=Chaos Is Good for You |url=https://slate.com/technology/2012/12/antifragile-book-interview-nassim-nicholas-taleb-on-how-chaos-and-disaster-can-build-antifragile-systems.html |website=Slate.com |access-date=October 22, 2020}}
  • At the end of the day
  • Break through the clutter{{cite web|url=http://www.columbusalive.com/?sec=services&story=alive/2007/0201/l-buzz.html|title=Columbus Alive: Buzz Kill|work=Columbus Alive}}
  • Bring to the table{{cite web|url=http://www.johnsmurf.com/jargon.htm|title=MBA Jargon Watch|work=johnsmurf.com}}
  • Buzzword
  • Clear goal"Georgia Aspires to "Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement" US Education Delivery Institute {{cite web |url=http://www.deliveryinstitute.org/deliveryinaction/georgia-aspires-%E2%80%9Clead-nation-improving-student-achievement%E2%80%9D |title=Georgia Aspires to "Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement" | U.S. Education Delivery Institute |access-date=August 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502204234/http://www.deliveryinstitute.org/deliveryinaction/georgia-aspires-%E2%80%9Clead-nation-improving-student-achievement%E2%80%9D |archive-date=May 2, 2012}}
  • Disruptive innovation{{cite journal |last=Yglesias |first=Matthew |date=May 1, 2013 |title=Stop 'Disrupting' Everything |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2013/05/disrupting_disruption_a_once_useful_concept_has_become_a_lame_catchphrase.html |website=Slate.com |access-date=October 22, 2020}}
  • Diversity[https://archive.today/20110708221316/http://media.www.dailycampus.com/media/storage/paper340/news/2004/02/19/Commentary/Diversity.More.Than.A.Buzz.Word-612609.shtml Diversity, more than a buzz word], The Daily Campus, February 19, 2004
  • Equity{{Cite web |title=Equity is the New Buzzword |url=https://www.isglobal.org/en/healthisglobal/-/custom-blog-portlet/equidad-es-la-palabra-de-moda | date=2013-10-09 | access-date=2024-09-10 | publisher={{ill|Barcelona Institute for Global Health|es|Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona}} |author=Joan Tallada |language = en }}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-03 |title=I'm Tired of Hearing the Word Equity |url=https://bchf.org/im-tired-of-hearing-the-word-equity/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |publisher=Buckeye Community Hope Foundation |author=Hana Chandoul |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Equity Must Be More Than a Buzzword |url=https://www.pathfinder.org/impact-stories/equity-must-be-more-than-a-buzzword/ |date=2024-07-31 |access-date=2024-09-10 |publisher=Pathfinder International |author=Ginette Hounkanrin |language=en}}
  • Generation X
  • Globalization{{Cite web|url=http://www.psupress.psu.edu/Justataste/samplechapters/justatasteKitching.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901074446/http://www.psupress.psu.edu/Justataste/samplechapters/justatasteKitching.html |title=Penn State University Press: Globalization: Buzzword or New Phenomenon?|archive-date=September 1, 2006}}
  • Going forward (instead of "in the future" or "from now on"){{cite web|title=13 Buzzwords to Stop Using|work=Inc |date=November 5, 2012|url=http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/13-buzzwords-you-should-never-use-again.html |last1=Haden |first1=Jeff }}
  • Grow – as in "grow the business".
  • Impact – instead of effect as a noun
  • Leverage – used as verb to mean magnify, multiply, augment, or increase.
  • Millennial
  • New normal{{cite news|title=China's 'New Normal' Is Dose of Old Reality|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=December 12, 2014|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-new-normal-is-dose-of-old-reality-heard-on-the-street-1418379713|last1=Frangos|first1=Alex}}
  • On the runway
  • Organic growth
  • Paradigm{{cite book |title=The Buzzword Bingo Book: The Complete, Definitive Guide to the Underground Workplace Game of Doublespeak |first=Benjamin |last=Yoskovitz |date=October 3, 1998 |publisher=Villard |isbn=9780375753480}}
  • Paradigm shift{{cite web|url=http://www.cnet.com/4520-11136_1-6275610-1.html|title=Cnet.com's Top 10 Buzzwords|publisher=CBS Interactive|work=CNET}}
  • Proactive
  • Reach outhttp://www.thedailymuse.com/career/business-jargon/ Business Buzzwords to Banish from your Vocabulary, by Anneke Jong, September 15, 2011 accessed 7 Sep 2012 – as in "I'll reach out to sales to get the latest figures".
  • Sea change
  • Sisterhood{{cite book|title=Partial Truths and the Politics of Community, Volume 2|isbn=9781570034862|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCYPoHqmyQ0C&q=Sisterhood+buzzword&pg=PA116|last1=Tétreault|first1=Mary Ann|last2=Teske|first2=Robin L. |date=2003 |publisher=University of South Carolina Press}}
  • Strategic communication (also known as "stratcom")
  • Streamline
  • Survival strategy
  • Synergy
  • Think outside the box{{cite news |url=http://www.business.mainetoday.com/smallbusiness/mmm/index.buzzwordpoll.shtml |title=Business buzzword hall of fame |work=Blethen Maine Newspapers |date=September 2002 |access-date=January 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212124849/http://www.business.mainetoday.com/smallbusiness/mmm/index.buzzwordpoll.shtml |archive-date=December 12, 2007}}
  • Warfighter{{cite web|url=https://www.wpafb.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1455353/afrl-partners-with-entrepreneurs-to-light-the-way-for-the-warfighter/|title=AFRL partners with entrepreneurs to light the way for the warfighter|website=Wright-Patterson AFB|date=March 2, 2018}}
  • Wellness{{Cite web|url=http://www.asbj.com/wellness/S4.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202081625/http://www.asbj.com/wellness/S4.html |title=American School Board Journal: Case Studies|archive-date=February 2, 2007}}
  • Wheelhouse (as in "That's in my wheelhouse."){{cite web|last1=Watson|first1=Bruce|title=Buzzword of the Week: Wheelhouse|url=http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/11/21/buzzword-of-the-week-wheelhouse/}}
  • Win-win

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=Education=

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  • Accountable talk{{cite web |url=http://www.cse.ucla.edu/products/reports/r670.pdf |title=Accountable Talk in Reading Comprehension Instruction: CSE Technical Report 670 |first1=Mikyung |last1=Kim Wolf |first2=Amy C. |last2=Crosson |first3=Lauren B. |last3=Resnick |publisher=Learning and Research Development Center, University of Pittsburgh |date=January 2006 |access-date=August 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405182100/http://www.cse.ucla.edu/products/reports/r670.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2012}}
  • Higher-order thinking{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoisloop.org/buzzwords.html|title=Education Buzzwords: Image and Reality|website=The Illinois Loop|last=Killion|first=Kevin}}
  • Run like a business{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Abate |title=Would Kids Be Better Off If Schools Were Run Like Business? Silicon Valley execs propose ballot initiative |work=SFGate |url=https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Would-Kids-Be-Better-Off-If-Schools-Were-Run-Like-2992689.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303230018/http://articles.sfgate.com/1998-09-08/business/17729946_1_public-school-silicon-valley-public-education|url-status=live|archive-date=March 3, 2010}}
  • Student engagementChris Opsal, "Engagement: A Brief Visual Overview of an Educational Buzzword" https://attendengageinvest.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/engagement-a-brief-visual-overview-of-an-educational-buzzword/Michael D. Spiegler, "Reflections on the 2010 Student Engagement Seminar" [https://web.archive.org/web/19961022191224/http://www.providence.edu/]Kenny, G. Kenny, D. and Dumont, R. (1995) Mission and Place: Strengthening Learning and Community Through Campus Design. Oryx/Greenwood. p. 37

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=Business, sales and marketing=

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  • Analytics[http://www.infoworld.com/t/data-management/analytics-buzzword-needs-careful-definition-567 'Analytics' buzzword needs careful definition]. 7 February 2006. Accessed on: 6 January 2010
  • Bandwidth
  • Bizmeth – portmanteau of "business method".
  • Brick-and-mortar
  • Business process outsourcing{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/4649.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418020118/http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/4649.asp |title=India Daily: The coming wave of Knowledge Process Outsourcing|archive-date=April 18, 2007}}{{cite web|url=http://multichannelmerchant.com/opsandfulfillment/contact_center_advisor/BPO_adapt/|title=BPO Adaptability: Boardroom Buzzword or Competitive Advantage?|work=Multichannel Merchant}} – also known as BPO.
  • Buzzword compliant{{cite web|url=http://www.wordspy.com/words/buzzword-compliant.asp|title=buzzword-compliant - Word Spy |first=Paul |last=McFedries |work=wordspy.com}}
  • Co-opetition{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3283/is_199704/ai_n7981850|title=FindArticles.com - CBSi|website=findarticles.com}}
  • Come-to-Jesus moment{{cite web|title='Come To Jesus Moment' Is The Most Annoying Business Expression On Earth|website=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettnelson/2013/04/03/come-to-jesus-moment-is-the-most-annoying-business-expression-on-earth/}}
  • Core competency{{cite web|url=http://demo.moneymakers.lt/makers/the-atlantic-online-june-2006-the-management-myth-matthew-stewart/|title=Neegzistuoja - Serveriai.lt|website=demo.moneymakers.lt}}
  • Drill down{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-business/10833071/Mark-Zuckerberg-So-office-jargon-the-19-worst-offenders-in-management-speak.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-business/10833071/Mark-Zuckerberg-So-office-jargon-the-19-worst-offenders-in-management-speak.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=So, office jargon: The 19 worst offenders in management speak|first=Louisa|last=Peacock|date=May 15, 2014|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}
  • Early-stage{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2012/02/28/whats-hiding-behind-the-buzzwords-in-job-ads/|title=What's hiding behind the buzzwords in job ads?|work=Fortune}}
  • Enable{{Cite web|url=http://www.learnings.org/learn.asp?word=enable&d=101|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202183932/https://www.learnings.org/learn.asp?word=enable&d=101 |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |title=Learnings - Enable |url-status=dead}}
  • Event horizon{{Cite web|url=http://www.wordspy.com/index/Business-Buzzwords.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329004303/http://www.wordspy.com/index/Business-Buzzwords.asp |title=The WordSpy: Business buzzwords category|archive-date=March 29, 2007}}
  • Eyeballs
  • Free value
  • Fulfilment issues
  • Holistic (approach/integration){{cite web |url=http://www.funkydragon.org.uk/en/fe/page.asp?n1=1105&n2=21&n3=1164&n4=70 |title=Funky Dragon : Buzz words |access-date=November 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025220429/http://www.funkydragon.org.uk/en/fe/page.asp?n1=1105&n2=21&n3=1164&n4=70 |archive-date=October 25, 2007}}
  • Hyperlocal{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/what-looms-large-on-the-media-landscape-as-we-hurtle-towards-2012-1.16431|title=What looms large on the media landscape as we hurtle towards 2012?|work=Irish Times|first=Laura |last=Slattery|date=December 29, 2011}}
  • Innovation{{Cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/7-overused-marketing-buzzwords-and-what-to-say-instead.html|title=7 Overused Marketing Buzzwords (and What to Say Instead)|first=Geoffrey|last=James|date=September 8, 2014|website=Inc.com}}
  • Knowledge process outsourcing – also known as KPO.
  • Logistics{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422213701/http://members.forbes.com/global/2007/0416/038.html |title=Meeting the Halal Test|work=Forbes|url=http://members.forbes.com/global/2007/0416/038.html|archive-date=April 22, 2007|first1=Carla|last1=Power |first2=Ioannis|last2=Gatsiounis|date=April 16, 2007}} – Now commonly used for shipping, and shipping companies
  • Long tail{{Cite web|url=https://www.marketingguru.io/blog/25-essential-digital-marketing-terms-you-must-know|title=25 Essential Digital Marketing Terms You MUST Know | MarketingGuru|date=March 26, 2020}}
  • Low-hanging fruit{{cite web|url=http://www.wordspy.com/words/low-hangingfruit.asp|title=low-hanging fruit |work=Word Spy |first=Paul |last=McFedries |date=October 19, 1996}}
  • Make it pop
  • Mindshare
  • Mission critical
  • Management visibility
  • New economy
  • Next generation
  • Offshoring – also known as offshore outsourcing, or something being offshorable.
  • One team{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/12/02/national/japan-rugby-one-team-motto-buzzword-2019/|title=Japanese rugby's 'One Team' motto declared buzzword of the year |first=Masumi |last=Koizumi |work=japantimes.co.jp/|date=December 2, 2019

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  • Pain point{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/03/14/buzzword-of-the-week-pain-pointbuzzword-of-the-week-bringing-t/|title=Buzzword of the Week: Bringing the 'Pain Point' |first=Bruce |last=Watson |work=DailyFinance.com}}
  • Passionate{{cite web|url=http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1128844/ten-tired-job-ad-buzzwords/|title=Ten tired job ad buzzwords |first1=Rebecca |last1=Burn-Callander |publisher=Haymarket Business Interactive |work=ManagementToday.co.uk}}
  • Privacy{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shxTTon5lfs|title=Don't Believe Apple's Privacy Grandstanding|date=March 11, 2019 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ES8x6_vxqc|title=Will Apple Ever Leave China?|date=July 19, 2019 |via=www.youtube.com}}
  • Return on investment – also known as ROI.
  • Reverse fulfilment – processing returned products.
  • Rightshoring[http://www.gbwatch.com/?p=295 Global Business Watch: Rightshoring: The Latest Outsourcing Buzzword] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808175951/http://www.gbwatch.com/?p=295 |date=August 8, 2007}}
  • Seamless (integration){{cite journal|url=https://www.pragmaticinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/vol4iss2-2.pdf|title=The Content-Free Buzzword-Compliant Vocabulary List|website=pragmaticmarketing.com|first=Peter E.|last=Cohan|page=18|volume=4|issue=2|date=2006}}
  • Share options
  • Solution
  • SOX {{snd}} abbreviation of Sarbanes-Oxley.
  • Sustainability{{cite web|url=http://www.eagletribune.com/business/x1876422023/The-new-business-buzzword-is-Sustainability|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819100306/http://www.eagletribune.com/business/x1876422023/The-new-business-buzzword-is-Sustainability|url-status=dead|title=The new business buzzword is: Sustainability » Business » EagleTribun…|date=January 22, 2013|archive-date=August 19, 2012|website=archive.is|access-date=November 27, 2020}}
  • Take offline
  • Value-added{{cite web |url=http://www.marketingtoday.com/personalbrandceo/0104/buzzwords_gone_bad.htm |title=Buzzwords Gone Bad |work=Marketing Today |access-date=April 4, 2008 |quote=The national poll includes responses from 150 senior executives – including those from human resources, finance and marketing departments – with the nation's 1,000 largest companies |archive-date=October 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024134611/http://www.marketingtoday.com/personalbrandceo/0104/buzzwords_gone_bad.htm |url-status=dead}}
  • Visibility
  • Water under the bridge{{wiktionary-inline|Water under the bridge}}

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=Science and technology=

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  • 4G{{cite web|url=http://whatis.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid9_gci1232452,00.html?track=sy400|title=Computer Glossary, Computer Terms - Technology Definitions and Cheat Sheets from WhatIs.com - The Tech Dictionary and IT Encyclopedia|work=techtarget.com}}
  • 4K resolution{{cite web|url=https://reviewed.usatoday.com/televisions/news/get-caught-up-on-tv-buzzwords|title=Get Caught Up on TV Buzzwords like UHD, HDR, and OLED |first=David |last=Kender |date=January 4, 2017|website=Reviewed}}
  • 5G{{cite web |last1=Horaczek |first1=Stan |title=A handy guide to the tech buzzwords from CES 2019 |url=https://www.popsci.com/ces-buzzwords |work=Popular Science |access-date=May 21, 2019 |date=January 9, 2019}}
  • Ajax
  • Algorithm{{cite web|url=http://news.consumerreports.org/home/2008/02/algorithm.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130710221824/http://news.consumerreports.org/home/2008/02/algorithm.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2013 |title=Consumer Reports Online|work=consumerreports.org|access-date=November 27, 2020}}
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Benchmarking{{Cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/manufacturing/fabricated-metal-product-manufacturing/603058-1.html|website=AllBusiness|title=Benchmarking 101|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025024455/http://www.allbusiness.com/manufacturing/fabricated-metal-product-manufacturing/603058-1.html|archive-date=October 25, 2007|last=Wiebe|first=Jennifer|date=January 1, 1997}}
  • Back-end{{cite web|url=http://evolt.org/node/5281|title=Buzzword Bingo|work=evolt.org}}
  • Big data – larger data sets than last month {{cite web|last1=Pelt|first1=Mason|title="Big Data" is an over used buzzword and this Twitter bot proves it|url=http://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/10/26/big-data-is-an-over-used-buzzword-and-this-twitter-bot-proves-it/ |date=October 26, 2015 |work=SiliconAngle |access-date=November 4, 2015}}
  • Bleeding edge
  • Blockchain{{cite magazine|last1=Griffith|first1=Erin|title=187 things the blockchain is supposed to fix|url=https://www.wired.com/story/187-things-the-blockchain-is-supposed-to-fix/|magazine=Wired|access-date=January 22, 2019}}
  • Bricks-and-clicks
  • Clickthrough
  • Collaboration[http://knowledgemanagement.ittoolbox.com/lp/ IT Toolbox: Knowledge Management Knowledge Base] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070227181919/http://knowledgemanagement.ittoolbox.com/lp/ |date=February 27, 2007}}
  • Content management
  • Content management system{{cite web|url=http://www.pwgsc.gc.ca/onlineconsultation/text/glossary-e.html|title=Online Consultation Technologies Centre of Expertise – Glossary|date=February 25, 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050225033537/http://www.pwgsc.gc.ca/onlineconsultation/text/glossary-e.html|archive-date=February 25, 2005}} – also known as CMS.
  • Convergence{{cite web|url=http://www.convergenceculture.org/weblog/2007/01/the_convergence_manifesto_i_co.php|website=Futures of Entertainment|title=The Convergence Manifesto I: Convergence--The Buzzword|first=Sam|last=Ford|date=January 19, 2007}}
  • Cross-platform
  • Datafication{{cite journal |last1=Cukier |first1=Kenneth |last2=Mayer-Schoenberger |first2=Viktor |title=The Rise of Big Data |journal=Foreign Affairs |issue=May/June |pages=28–40 |date=2013 |volume=92 |url=http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139104/kenneth-neil-cukier-and-viktor-mayer-schoenberger/the-rise-of-big-data |access-date=January 24, 2014}}
  • Data mining{{cite web|url=http://www.okairp.org/documents/2005%20Fall/F05_ROMEDataQualityETC.pdf|title=OKAIRP 2005 Fall Conference, Arizona State University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201170452/http://www.okairp.org/documents/2005%20Fall/F05_ROMEDataQualityETC.pdf|archive-date=February 1, 2014}} – any kind of data collection or analysis, even simple statistics such as taking averages on large data sets
  • Data science{{cite web|title=Data Science: What's The Half-Life Of A Buzzword?|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2013/08/19/data-science-whats-the-half-life-of-a-buzzword/|work=Forbes|date=August 19, 2013|first=Gil|last=Press}}
  • Deep dive[http://www.theage.com.au/executive-style/management/is-it-time-to-buck-the-buzzword-trend-20121017-27qc1.html Is it time to buck the buzzword trend?], The Age
  • Deep learningThe term deep learning is hype i.e. exaggeration for the following reason: {{cite web|last1=Hofstadter|first1=Douglas|title=Reflections on Machine Translation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xnr-ST6ITo&t=2248 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/2xnr-ST6ITo |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|website=youtube.com|date=August 3, 2018 |publisher=Universität Köln|access-date=January 22, 2019}}{{cbignore}}
  • Deep web{{cite web |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/2014s-top-ten-technology-buzzwords-to-learn-and-to-avoid/ |title=2014's top ten technology buzzwords to learn and to avoid |last1=Hess|first1=Ken|website=ZDNet |access-date=May 17, 2015}} – used interchangeably with "Dark web" even though they are not the same
  • Design pattern{{cite web|url=http://13thparallel.org/archive/coding-for-portability2/|title=Coding For Portability, Part 2|work=13thparallel.org|first=Tom|last=Trenka|date=April 2002}}
  • DevOps{{cite web|url=http://www.sdtimes.com/p/36197|title=Industry Watch: Behind the APM and DevOps buzzwords|work=SD Times |access-date=May 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510142901/http://www.sdtimes.com/p/36197|archive-date=2012-05-10|url-status=dead}}
  • Digital divide
  • Document management
  • Dolby Vision
  • Dot-bomb
  • ____-driven developmentTest-driven development, Behavior-driven development, Feature-driven development
  • E-learning{{cite web|url=http://www.ikmagazine.com/xq/asp/sid.0/articleid.0EB60EA2-387D-4BD3-93AD-4438234AE293/qx/display.htm|title=InsideKnowledge Magazine: The winning formula: A blended approach to cross-platform content|work=ikmagazine.com}}
  • Eco- (related to economy or environment-friendly, incorrectly called "ecological")
  • End-to-end
  • Engine{{cite web|url=http://www.shacknews.com/article/73802/black-ops-2-studio-head-defends-lack-of-new-engine|title=Black Ops 2 studio head defends lack of 'new engine'|work=Shacknews|first=Andrew |last=Yoon |date=May 14, 2012}} - most often in reference to physics engine
  • Enterprise content management – also known as ECM.
  • Enterprise service bus{{cite web|url=http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid26_gci913058,00.html|title=Enterprise Service Bus (ESB): Lasting concept or latest buzzword?|work=SearchSOA}} – also known as ESB.
  • Folksonomy{{Failed verification|date=January 2021}}
  • High dynamic range{{cite web|url=https://www.technicolor.com/news/uhd-hdr-wcg-offer-new-options-content-creators-and-consumers|title=UHD, HDR, WCG Offer New Options for Content Creators and Consumers|website=Technicolor}}
  • HDR10
  • HTML5{{Cite web|url=https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/introduction.html#is-this-html5?|title=HTML Standard|website=html.spec.whatwg.org}}
  • Ideation management{{Cite web|url=https://my.3dexperience.3ds.com/welcome/compass-world/3dexperience-industries/consumer-packaged-goods-retail/perfect-formulation|title=3DEXPERIENCE Platform|website=my.3dexperience.3ds.com}}
  • Immersion{{cite web|url=http://press.nokia.com/PR/200505/994772_5.html|title=Nokia - Networks & Technologies|website=Nokia |access-date=April 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061212021544/http://press.nokia.com/PR/200505/994772_5.html |archive-date=December 12, 2006 |url-status=dead}}
  • Information superhighway / Information highway
  • Internet of things{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/internet-of-things.aspx|title=Internet of Things |work=Microsoft.com}}
  • JavaScriptJavaScript was named this way by Netscape to confuse the unwary into thinking it had something to do with Java, the buzzword of the day, and it succeeded. The two languages are entirely distinct. {{cite web|last1=ddaa|title=What's the difference between JavaScript and Java?|url=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/245062/whats-the-difference-between-javascript-and-java|website=stackoverflow.com |access-date=January 22, 2019}}
  • LCD
  • LED
  • Metaverse{{Cite web|title="Metaverse" is Wall Street's new favorite buzzword|url=https://www.yahoo.com/now/metaverse-wall-streets-favorite-buzzword-105525196.html|access-date=November 25, 2021|website=www.yahoo.com|first=Sara|last=Fischer|date=November 16, 2021|archive-date=November 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125060243/https://www.yahoo.com/now/metaverse-wall-streets-favorite-buzzword-105525196.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|last1=Herrman|first1=John|last2=Browning|first2=Kellen |date=July 10, 2021 |title=Are We in the Metaverse Yet?|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/10/style/metaverse-virtual-worlds.html |access-date=November 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}
  • Mobile{{cite web|url=http://www.blonnet.com/life/2003/03/10/stories/2003031000090200.htm|title=The Hindu Business Line: Mobile is the buzzword|work=blonnet.com |date=September 6, 2020}}
  • Modularity[http://www.cogsci.umn.edu/OLD/calendar/past_events/millennium/files/1031095123.html University of Minnesota, Center for Cognitive Sciences: The modularity of mind] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407233227/http://www.cogsci.umn.edu/OLD/calendar/past_events/millennium/files/1031095123.html |date=APril 7, 2007}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/11/sun_modular_storage/|title=Sun takes Storagetek modular|work=theregister.co.uk|first=Christopher|last=Williams |date=August 11, 2006}}
  • Nanotechnology{{Cite web|url=https://pcedc.org/news/101604pph.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809211711/http://pcedc.org/news/101604pph.html |title=UMaine opens state-of-the-art lab |archive-date=August 9, 2007 |website=Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC)}}
  • Netiquette
  • Next Generation (also "NextGen")
  • OLED
  • QLED
  • Quantum dot
  • Quantum supremacy{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/optical-quantum-computer-goes-big-in-new-quest-for-quantum-supremacy/|title=Why I dislike what "quantum supremacy" is doing to computing research |first=Chris |last=Lee |work=arstechnica.com/ |date=December 23, 2019}}
  • PaaS
  • Podcasting
  • Real-time
  • Sensorization{{cite book |first=Gerard |last=Meijer |title=Smart Sensor Systems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y1ZdqQc4UiUC&pg=SA1-PA1|date=2008 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=9780470866924}}{{page number needed|date=October 2023}}
  • SaaS
  • Scalability{{Cite web|url=http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/799|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217004414/http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/799 |title=Zend Developer Zone: An Interview With George Schlossnagle|archive-date=February 17, 2007}}{{cite web|url=http://oemagazine.com/fromtheMagazine/jan02/jpeg2000.html|title=Spie Newsroom: OE Reports archives|work=oemagazine.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018035057/http://oemagazine.com/fromTheMagazine/jan02/jpeg2000.html |archive-date=October 18, 2006}}
  • Social bookmarking
  • Social software
  • Spam
  • SUHD
  • Sync-up
  • Tagging
  • Transmedia[https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-11/25/transmedia-tales-and-the-future-of-storytelling Transmedia tales and the future of storytelling] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113193124/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-11/25/transmedia-tales-and-the-future-of-storytelling |date=January 13, 2011}}, Wired UK
  • Ultra-high-definition_television
  • User generated content{{cite web|url=http://www.personaldemocracy.com/node/1146|title=Voter-Generated Content: A Better Buzzword|work=Personal Democracy Media |first=Andrew|last=Rasiej |date=January 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016190541/https://personaldemocracy.com/content/voter-generated-content-better-buzzword-0 |archive-date=October 16, 2021}}
  • Virtualization
  • Vortal{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_46/b3707054.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010204102000/http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_46/b3707054.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2001|title=Vortal Combat: The Early Years|work=businessweek.com}}
  • Web 2.0
  • Web3{{Cite web|last=Locke|first=Taylor|date=December 20, 2021|title=To Elon Musk, Web3 seems more like a 'marketing buzzword' than a reality|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/20/elon-musk-web3-seems-more-marketing-buzzword-than-reality-right-now.html|access-date=December 24, 2021|website=CNBC|archive-date=December 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224190646/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/20/elon-musk-web3-seems-more-marketing-buzzword-than-reality-right-now.html|url-status=live}}
  • Webinar
  • Web services
  • Wide color gamut
  • Wikiality
  • Workflow{{cite web|url=http://www.commarts.com/ca/magazine/book/10061.html|title=Communication Arts Magazine: Web ReDesign: Workflow that Works|work=commarts.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407064526/http://www.commarts.com/ca/magazine/book/10061.html |archive-date=April 7, 2007}}}}

=Politics and current affairs=

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  • Coward{{Example needed |date=December 2019}}
  • Fit for purpose{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-39418204|title=Political jargon - favourite phrases|first=Amy|last=Stewart|work=BBC News |date=March 29, 2017}}
  • Political capital{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2110256|title=What is "political capital," anyway?|work=Slate Magazine|date=December 2004}}
  • Stakeholder{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/business/2295587.stm |work=BBC News |department=Business |title=Hard hat time for rail champion |first=Mike |last=Verdin |date=October 3, 2002}}
  • Establishment{{cite web |title=The Top 8 Political Buzzwords of 2016 |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/top-political-buzzwords-2016 |work=Merriam-Webster.com |access-date=January 22, 2019}}
  • Woke{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/dec/25/woke-to-gammon-buzzwords-by-people-coined-them |title=From woke to gammon: Buzzwords by the people who coined them |newspaper=The Guardian |date=December 25, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/buzzword-woke-becomes-political-issue-131502223.html |title=The buzzword "woke" becomes political issue and spotlights America's divisions |date=October 13, 2022}}}}

See also

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  • {{annotated link|Ambiguity}}
  • {{annotated link|Buzzword bingo}}
  • {{annotated link|Buzzword compliant}}
  • {{annotated link|Catchphrase}}
  • {{annotated link|Corporate jargon|aka=marketing speak}}
  • {{annotated link|Gartner hype cycle}}
  • {{annotated link|Ideograph (rhetoric)|Virtue word}}
  • {{annotated link|Law of the instrument|aka=Golden hammer}}
  • {{annotated link|Loaded language}}
  • {{annotated link|Marketing buzz}}
  • {{annotated link|Memetics}}
  • {{annotated link|Newspeak}}
  • {{annotated link|Pleonasm}}
  • {{annotated link|Psychobabble}}
  • {{annotated link|Weasel word}}

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References

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Sources

  • {{cite journal|last=Cluley|first=Robert |date=January 11, 2013 |title=What Makes a Management Buzzword Buzz?|journal=Organization Studies|volume=34|pages=33–43|doi=10.1177/0170840612464750|s2cid=143649572}}
  • {{cite book |last=Collins|first=David|date=2000|title=Management Fads and Buzzwords: Critical-Practical Perspectives |publisher=Psychology Press}}
  • {{cite journal|last1=Hallgren|first1=F. M.|last2=Weiss|first2=H.|date=1946|title='Buzz words' at the 'B School'|journal=American Speech}}
  • {{cite journal|last=Loughlin|first=Michael|date=May 2002|title=On the buzzword approach to policy formation|journal=Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice|volume=8|issue=2|pages=229–242|doi=10.1046/j.1365-2753.2002.00361.x|pmid=12180370}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book |last1=Negus |first1=K. |last2=Pickering |first2=M. |date=2004 |title=Creativity, Communication and Cultural Value |publisher=Sage Publishing}}
  • {{cite journal |last=Godin |first=B. |date=2006 |title=The Knowledge-based Economy: Conceptual Framework or Buzzword? |journal=The Journal of Technology Transfer |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=17–30|doi=10.1007/s10961-005-5010-x |s2cid=154304268}}

External links

  • {{Wiktionary-inline|buzzword}}
  • {{Wiktionary-inline|buzz-phrase}}

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