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Personally I like when websites show a problem & solution clearly with an example instead of buzz words.. then a link to features when I click "learn more", the

• cbd1984 11y ago
  I don't like the word "buzzword" because I've never actually seen it defined. Is "WiFi" a buzzword? Is "email" a buzzword? Is "car" a buzzword? Why or why not? It's like the word "bloat": It's a convenient cudgel to use against anything someone doesn't like which saves them from the labor of having to formulate an actual argument.
  • vezzy-fnord 11y ago
    WiFi is a marketing term, but it actually has a concrete meaning as per IEEE 802.11. Email has a specific meaning too, from its protocol suites. Though they have evolved. Car is not a buzzword, either. A buzzword is similar to a thought-terminating cliche. It's a word (or phrase) that is meant to invoke a conditioned feeling with its actual meaning remaining ambiguous, if there is even any. They're usually meant to be positive but empty feelings, hence their ubiquity in marketing. Negative but empty feelings are much more popular in the political sphere, where they're called snarl words.
  • irishcoffee 11y ago
    "Ingenuity Accelerated" as a slogan for a business, those are buzzwords. "The cloud" is a a buzzphrase. Honestly at this point, for 95% of software outfits, "agile" is a buzzword. Does that clear it up, or not really? (Honest question)
    • cbd1984 11y ago
      Yes, it does. I will say that "the cloud" can have an actual definition: "We've outsourced that function to a company we communicate with only or primarily over the Internet." It's like outsourcing facilities management. How often it actually means that I don't know.