Editing Buzzword (section)

==In popular culture==
Jon Keegan of the ''Wall Street Journal'' has published a Business Buzzwords Generator, which allows readers to use a randomizer to assemble "meaningless business phrases using overused business buzzwords" – for example, "This product will incentivize [[big data]] and demonstrate innovative performance in the playing field."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.wsj.com/buzzwords2014/|title=Business Buzzwords Generator|work=Wall Street Journal:Projects |access-date=February 3, 2015 |first=Jon |last=Keegan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203055135/http://projects.wsj.com/buzzwords2014/#p=1%7C4,35%7C16%7C18%7C%7C%7C0|archive-date=February 3, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''[[Forbes]]'' hosts an annual "Jargon Madness" game, in which 32 of "corporate America's most insufferable expressions" are played off against each other in a bracketed, basketball-style tournament to determine the buzzword of the year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettnelson/2013/02/05/business-jargon-bracketology-which-annoying-corporate-buzzword-cliche-or-euphemism-will-win-forbes-ncaa-style-tourney-vote-now/|title=Business Jargon Bracketology: Which Annoying Corporate Buzzword, Cliché Or Euphemism Will Win Forbes' NCAA-Style Tourney? Vote Now!|last=Nelson|first=Brett|date=February 5, 2013|work=Forbes|access-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref>

LinkedIn publishes an annual list of buzzwords to avoid in creating [[résumé]]s (British English: [[Curriculum vitae|CV]]s) – "trite, empty words that may sound good to your ear but say almost nothing". The 2014 list: ''motivated'', ''passionate'', ''creative'', ''driven'', ''extensive experience'', ''responsible'', ''strategic'', ''track record'', ''organizational'', and ''expert''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2015/01/21/ten-buzzwords-to-cut-from-your-linkedin-profile-in-2015/|title=Ten Buzzwords To Cut From Your LinkedIn Profile In 2015|last=Adams|first=Susan|date=January 21, 2015|work=Forbes|access-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref>

When people are approaching a meeting where they expect the presenters to use many buzzwords, they may prepare a game of [[buzzword bingo]], where players score points each time a particular buzzword is used.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.writersdreamtools.com/view/humor/view.asp?HumorID=14 |title=Buzzword Bingo |last=Belling |first=Larry |date=2000 |website=Writers Dreamtools |access-date=November 5, 2009 |archive-date=September 18, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170918064904/http://www.writersdreamtools.com/view/humor/view.asp?HumorID=14 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Patch Products]] has published a board game called ''Buzzword''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patchproducts.com/p/buzzword|title=Buzzword® |work=PlayMonster |publisher=Patch Products, Inc.|access-date=February 3, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050237/http://www.patchproducts.com/p/buzzword|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] album ''[[Mandatory Fun]]'' contains the song "Mission Statement", which is a long list of essentially meaningless buzzwords.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6174253/weird-al-yankovic-mission-statement-video |title='Weird Al' Yankovic Announces His 'Mission Statement' in Final Video |date=July 21, 2014 |magazine=Billboard |first1=Erin |last1=Strecker |access-date=May 30, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905075142/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6174253/weird-al-yankovic-mission-statement-video |archive-date= 2015-09-05}}</ref>