单词 | fuzzword |
释义 | fuzzwordn. Originally and chiefly U.S. A deliberately confusing or imprecise term; a piece of jargon, used more to impress than to inform. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > word in terma1387 trash name1603 technic1764 technicality1787 technicism1799 buzz-phrase1977 fuzzword1983 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). < n.1983 |
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