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  • noun Plural form of buzzphrase.

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Examples

  • They often coin the buzzphrases one sees on the Internet, and their zillion members are the main manufacturers of the picture “macros” that you see scattered about the place.

    One Small Thing « Whatever 2007

  • Or, to put it more simply in the way "buzzphrases" try to do storm destruction to each of the neighbors' property was over 50 percent.

    Archive 2004-11-01 Beach Blogger 2004

  • Or, to put it more simply in the way "buzzphrases" try to do storm destruction to each of the neighbors' property was over 50 percent.

    Over and Under Beach Blogger 2004

  • The DMZ residents have to provide their own food and create their own fuel, and without sounding preachy, the comic gives us a few models for “sustainable” living, that buzziest of buzzphrases.

    Definitive Bush-era Fiction, eh? 2009

  • This is "redistribution of wealth" and "government takeover of industry" on the grandest scale imaginable -- the buzzphrases that have been thrown around for decades to represent all that is evil and bad in the world.

    Archive 2008-09-01 2008

  • This is "redistribution of wealth" and "government takeover of industry" on the grandest scale imaginable -- the buzzphrases that have been thrown around for decades to represent all that is evil and bad in the world.

    random, frightening thoughts on the u.s. economic crisis 2008

  • This was the case that caused Pat Leahy to have a genuine and intense outburst of rage after Alberto Gonazles placidly recited his mindless buzzphrases to defend the administration's conduct here.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Glenn Greenwald 2007

  • That is how he testifies - he comes prepared with a menu of empty, platitudinous buzzphrases that he repeats over and over no matter the question.

    The Grave and Epic War -- Spending time with Alberto Gonzales, Orrin Hatch and Russ Feingold Glenn Greenwald 2007

  • This was the case that caused Pat Leahy to have a genuine and intense outburst of rage after Alberto Gonazles placidly recited his mindless buzzphrases to defend the administration's conduct here.

    Tale of two governments Glenn Greenwald 2007

  • That is how he testifies - he comes prepared with a menu of empty, platitudinous buzzphrases that he repeats over and over no matter the question.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Glenn Greenwald 2007

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