slogan
Americannoun
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a distinctive cry, phrase, or motto of any party, group, manufacturer, or person; catchword or catch phrase.
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a war cry or gathering cry, as formerly used among the Scottish clans.
noun
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a distinctive or topical phrase used in politics, advertising, etc
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history a Highland battle cry
Etymology
Origin of slogan
1505–15; < Scots Gaelic sluagh-ghairm, equivalent to sluagh army, host ( slew 2 ) + gairm cry
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Crowds form, they surge through the streets chanting slogans, and the world watches with sympathy as brave young women throw off their hijabs.
They have posted images of workers spraying chemicals and used artificial intelligence to make illustrations resembling movie posters and old-fashioned magazine ads, some with surfers under the slogan “Endless Herbicides.”
From Los Angeles Times
Utilizing one of Jackson’s trademark slogans, Jackson said, “We will not be erased from this country’s history because I am somebody.”
From Los Angeles Times
Yet it retains a hippie vibe, with no stop lights and bumper stickers bearing slogans like “Crazy is still better than corporate.”
As the protests gathered pace, Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i warned that “certain slogans and behaviors, such as burning a flag on campus, are absolutely unacceptable.”
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