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buzzword

Vox populi A generic name for a term that has been recently incorporated into the argot of a particular field

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LinkedIn has also noted a new trend based on the commonly used buzzwords in user profiles in the UAE.

Revealed: Top 10 buzzwords used by UAE professionals in profiles

A related problem is that buzzwords or catchphrases can marginalize what's important.

All the buzz: resolved: "every employee needs to work together and share information."

Visit the LinkedIn Blog to learn more about LinkedIn's 2013 buzzwords study and to download the infographic.

LinkedIn releases most overused words list by UAE members in 2013

The top 10 buzzwords that appear most in profiles are:

Words never to be used in a CV revealed

Entertainer Lady Gaga, famed as much for her unusual costumes and stage outfits as her music, came second in the survey, by the Global Language Monitor organisation, of fashion buzzwords and phrases in magazines and newspapers and on the web.

KATE'S DRIVING THE FASHION WORLD GAGA BY MAKING QUITE A BUZZ

Just take a look at discussion forums on LinkedIn or similar sites, where the dominant issue of the day is, "How do I demonstrate value and deliver financial impact?" CEOs and corporations aren't looking for another buzzword. They're looking for the capacity to execute on the ideas that are already there.

Buzz, buzz, buzz: enough with the buzzwords and hype. Let's start doing

He is much more battle-hardened than Buzzword, who has not been seen since lifting the German Derby on July 18.

Pressing goes for Trophy hat-trick

Sheikh Mohammed's operation had struck with Campanologist, trained by Saeed bin Suroor, on Saturday and Buzzword got in on the act with a determined effort.

Mawatheeq misses King George

And yet, for all the wealth of information and discourse on democracy, for all the structures it must erect to be truly viable, the buzzword disease has taken hold and almost no one, from layman to student to politician, can say or hear the word without the mind's eye turning to a single sort of image: a voter submitting a ballot, his or her hopes and dreams writ large upon that folded piece of paper, given form by the box it slides into.

COMMENT: The best revenge -Zaair Hussain

Fellow Godolphin inmates Al Zir and Buzzword could also be targeted at major prizes after being far from disgraced in finishing sixth and eighth respectively.

Godolphin still have Classic hopes for their Rewilding

GODOLPHIN stumped up pounds 150,000 to take on Ballydoyle's super six in the Investec Derby after supplementing both Rewilding and Buzzword for Saturday's Classic at Epsom.

Rewilding to lead Sheikh's Derby charge

The site currently includes Adobe Buzzword, an online word processor; Adobe ConnectNow, an online web conferencing tool; Acrobat.com Labs, which includes Acrobat.com Tables and Presentation applications; and other tools that allow users to share documents, store files, and create PDFs.