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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slogan \Slo"gan\, noun [Gael. sluagh-ghairm, i.e., an army cry; sluagh army + gairm a call, calling.] The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland. --Sir W. Scott.
2. Hence: A distinctive motto, phrase, or cry used by any person or party to express a purpose or ideal; a catchphrase; a rallying cry. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
slogan
noun: a favorite saying of a sect or political group [syn: {motto}, {catchword}, {shibboleth}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "slogan": bugle call, byword, call to arms, call-up, catch phrase, catchword, clarion, clarion call, cliche, conscription, cry, device, epigraph, epithet, exhortation, expression, fad word, go for broke, gung ho, idiom, inscription, levy, locution, mobilization, motto, muster, pet expression, phrase, rally, rallying cry, rebel yell, recruitment, shibboleth, tag line, trumpet call, vogue word, war cry, war whoop, watchword
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