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buzz word [1 record]

Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Word or phrase ... having little or imprecise meaning, but sounding impressive.

CONT

The big buzz word is decentralisation.

CONT

To the average citizen it is all a bewildering tangle of legalese and arcane buzzwords, none of which adequately answers the only question that matters to most of us....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Mot à la mode dans un milieu donné.

CONT

Dictionnaire des mots dans le vent, par Jean Giraud.

CONT

«Assumé son vécu», «au niveau de», "le s'éduquant", sont des jargonneries d'éducateurs.

OBS

Le mot jargonnerie est employé par J. Grandjouan dans son livre Les linguicides, p. 117.

OBS

jargonnerie : Terme entériné par le Comité de linguistique de Radio-Canada et le Secrétariat d'État du Canada.

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