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#115637 - 11/11/03 06:49 AM What's the buzz?
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13659	Is buzzword a buzzword?
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#115638 - 11/11/03 07:51 AM Re: What's the buzz?
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	I have the impression that a "buzzword" is a relatively new coinage, popular with a somewhar small group. Since "buzzword" been in use for several years and is widely known, it is not longer a buzzword.
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#115639 - 11/11/03 09:00 AM Re: What's the buzz?
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11580 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	buzz.word (buz´wûrd) n. A usually important-sounding word or phrase used primarily to impress laypersons. buzz.whack.er (buz´wak er) n. A person who receives some degree of pleasure in bursting the bubbles of the pompous. http://www.buzzwhack.com/
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#115640 - 11/11/03 06:31 PM Re: What's the buzz?
Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U...	*The* buzzword of all buzzwords, of course is: onomatopoeia Please do not ask me to explain my thinking. You either get it or you don't.
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#115641 - 11/11/03 07:08 PM Re: What's the buzz?
WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/13/01 Posts: 4189 Loc: Rio Grande, Cape May County, N...	Thanks for the endomusia, Faldo. "What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happenin'! What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happenin! What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happenin'? What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happenin'?" "Why should you want to know...?" --Jesus Christ Superstar, Weber/Rice (endomusia rather than earworm, 'cause, actually, I kinda like that piece ) (and, yeah, I know this Q&A, so sue me)
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#115642 - 11/11/03 07:36 PM Re: What's the buzz?
sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/20/03 Posts: 3230 Loc: Te Ika a Maui	Jesus Christ Superstar, Weber/Rice Now, there's a long distance collaboration - "Timmy, it's me, I'm Carl, I've come home, I'm so cold, let me in at your window." _________________________ noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html
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