slogan

[ sloh-guh n ]

/ ˈsloʊ gən /

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noun

a distinctive cry, phrase, or motto of any party, group, manufacturer, or person; catchword or catch phrase.

a war cry or gathering cry, as formerly used among the Scottish clans.

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Origin of slogan

1505–15; < Scots Gaelic sluagh-ghairm, equivalent to sluagh army, host (cf. slew²) + gairm cry

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Examples from the Web for slogan

Riffing off the slogan “Now Everyone Can Fly,” the carrier offered no-frills flights that were both cheap and plentiful.
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In Britain the craft beer movement began much earlier, under the slogan “Real Ale.”
Beer Countries vs. Wine Countries|Clive Irving|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The series, which features the slogan “Do you still like us?”
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While Stinnett proudly takes credit for the design, he is quick to note that he did not come up with the slogan.
Inside the World of Rand Paul Swag|Olivia Nuzzi|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The government of Israel is not going to overcome this with a slogan or a quick sweetness-and-light campaign.
Has Friendship With Israel Become a Casualty of War?|Malcolm MacDougall|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A "slogan," by the way, is the war cry or gathering cry of a Highland clan—but that makes no difference to a Commercial Club.
Abroad at Home|Julian Street
My cards bore my name and my slogan: "Play the game square."
The Iron Puddler|James J. Davis
Of course it has the patent-medicine flavor, too; Detroit, by her "slogan," is a cure-all.
Abroad at Home|Julian Street
Already he had earned the title that would become the slogan of his followers in the campaign which made him President.
The Victim|Thomas Dixon
I remember the first time I heard the slogan, and how it carried me and everyone else away.
Mobilizing Woman-Power|Harriot Stanton Blatch

British Dictionary definitions for slogan

slogan

/ (ˈsləʊɡən) /

noun

a distinctive or topical phrase used in politics, advertising, etc

Scot history a Highland battle cry

Word Origin for slogan

C16: from Gaelic sluagh-ghairm war cry, from sluagh army + gairm cry

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Word Origin and History for slogan

slogan

1670s, earlier slogorne (1510s), "battle cry," from Gaelic sluagh-ghairm "battle cry used by Scottish Highland or Irish clans," from sluagh "army, host, slew," from Celtic and Balto-Slavic *slough- "help, service." Second element is gairm "a cry" (see garrulous). Metaphoric sense of "distinctive word or phrase used by a political or other group" is first attested 1704.