English-French translations for buzzword

• buzzword
• mot à la mode
  Aujourd'hui, le mot à la mode est "flexicurité". The buzzword for today is 'flexicurity'.
  Le mot à la mode aujourd'hui, "flexicurité", revient sans cesse dans ce rapport. The current buzzword, flexicurity, recurs constantly in the report.
  Aujourd’hui, le mot à la mode dans le secteur des communications est "mise en œuvre". Today's buzzword in the telecoms arena is 'implementation'.
• mot en vogue
  La simplification semble être un mot en vogue. Simplification seems to be the buzzword.
  Alors que nous étions tout occupés à pondérer ces choix, le nouveau mot en vogue a été lancé dans le débat par la Commission et les États membres: flexibilité. As we ponder these choices, the latest European buzzword has been thrown into the debate by the Commission and Member States - that of flexibility.

Definition of buzzword

• A word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon, and often rendered meaningless and fashionable through abuse by non-technical persons in a seeming show of familiarity with the subject

Examples

• Their salespeople know all the right buzzwords, but they can’t really help you solve your problems.

Related words

• buzz
• buzzing
• buzzer
• buzzed
• buzzard
• buzzkill
• abuzz
• buzzcut
• buzz-phrase