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单词 fuzzword
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fuzzwordn.

/ˈfʌzwəːd/
Etymology: < fuzz- (in fuzzy adj.) + word n., after buzzword n. at buzz n.1 Compounds.
Originally and chiefly U.S.
A deliberately confusing or imprecise term; a piece of jargon, used more to impress than to inform.
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1983 Washington Post 23 Jan. (Mag.) 14/3 Fuzzifying, the larger field within which fuzzwords operate, is the presentation of data, concepts, programs or goals in what appear to be precise terms while permitting a flexibility of future interpretation.
1983 Washington Post 30 Oct. (Book World) 12/2 Stamaty creates a Washington world..where ‘perceptual engineers’ string together fuzzwords and buzzwords to sell their candidates.
1984 National Jrnl. 14 Apr. 730/1 In the often emotional arms control debate, there may be no more common fuzzword than ‘verification’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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