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MOT MODE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2024-02-22
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- General Vocabulary
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- buzz word
1, record 1, English, buzz%20word
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- buzzword 2, record 1, English, buzzword
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Word or phrase ... having little or imprecise meaning, but sounding impressive. 3, record 1, English, - buzz%20word
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The big buzz word is decentralisation. 4, record 1, English, - buzz%20word
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 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.... 5, record 1, English, - buzz%20word
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Vocabulaire général
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- mot à la mode
1, record 1, French, mot%20%C3%A0%20la%20mode
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- mot dans le vent 2, record 1, French, mot%20dans%20le%20vent
correct, masculine noun
- mot qui fait fureur 1, record 1, French, mot%20qui%20fait%20fureur
correct, masculine noun
- jargonnerie 3, record 1, French, jargonnerie
proposal
- expression au goût du jour 4, record 1, French, expression%20au%20go%C3%BBt%20du%20jour
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Mot à la mode dans un milieu donné. 3, record 1, French, - mot%20%C3%A0%20la%20mode
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Dictionnaire des mots dans le vent, par Jean Giraud. 2, record 1, French, - mot%20%C3%A0%20la%20mode
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
«Assumé son vécu», «au niveau de», "le s'éduquant", sont des jargonneries d'éducateurs. 3, record 1, French, - mot%20%C3%A0%20la%20mode
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le mot jargonnerie est employé par J. Grandjouan dans son livre Les linguicides, p. 117. 3, record 1, French, - mot%20%C3%A0%20la%20mode
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
jargonnerie : Terme entériné par le Comité de linguistique de Radio-Canada et le Secrétariat d'État du Canada. 3, record 1, French, - mot%20%C3%A0%20la%20mode
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1997-04-16
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- General Vocabulary
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- vogue word
1, record 2, English, vogue%20word
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A word or term that is fashionable for a time. 2, record 2, English, - vogue%20word
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Not all 'new' words or new senses that have come into vogue are necessarily to be castigated on that account; we need the new sense of green (discussed below) just as we need fax and glasmost, to name new phenomena; indeed, vogue words are seldom new coinages. 3, record 2, English, - vogue%20word
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Vocabulaire général
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- mot à la mode
1, record 2, French, mot%20%C3%A0%20la%20mode
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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