Buzz
Reference
Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.
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Buzz and reference are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buzz" instead a noun "Reference".
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Both words in one sentence
- Other changes were a little weirder — in one interview Jerry Casale said "That's Good" lost the completely inoffensive couplet "Life's a bee without the buzz / it's going good 'til you get stung" because someone was convinced they were trying to get a drug reference past the censors.
Source: Executive Meddling / Music -
The tires that Lightning McQueen wears in Cars are branded Lightyear Buzzard tires, which doubles as a reference to the Goodyear Eagle tire brand as well as to Pixar's own Buzz Lightyear.
Source: Bland-Name Product -
One episode ended with the BBC apologising for a supposedly insulting reference to Buzz Aldrin; this was followed by the credits run over a picture of Buzz Aldrin with Buzz Aldrin being credited for everything in the show, with "The Star-Spangled Banner" used as background music.
Source: Credits Gag
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Reference and Buzz. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buzz/reference
Buzz & Reference. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/buzz/reference>.
Reference or Buzz. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/buzz/reference.
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