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slogan

[sloh-guhn] Example Sentences Origin

slo·gan

[sloh-guhn]
noun
1.
a distinctive cry, phrase, or motto of any party, group, manufacturer, or person; catchword or catch phrase.
2.
a war cry or gathering cry, as formerly used among the Scottish clans.

Origin:
1505–15; < Scots Gaelic sluagh-ghairm, equivalent to sluagh army, host (compare slew2) + gairm cry
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Slogan is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example Sentences
  • Commercial use of the slogan potentially is a multimillion-dollar business.
  • One trustee ran with the idea of raising money to help students, the slogan was coined, and the effort began shortly thereafter.
  • All each one shows is the great man's benevolent face, plus a short slogan.
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slogan (ˈsləʊɡən)
 
n
1.  a distinctive or topical phrase used in politics, advertising, etc
2.  (Scot) history a Highland battle cry
 
[C16: from Gaelic sluagh-ghairm war cry, from sluagh army + gairm cry]

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Word Origin & History

slogan
1513, "battle cry," from Gaelic sluagh-ghairm "battle cry used by Scottish Highland or Irish clans," from sluagh "army, host, slew" + gairm "a cry." Metaphoric sense of "distinctive word or phrase used by a political or other group" is first attested 1704. Sloganeering is attested from 1941.
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