Slogan
Pronunciation
- GenAM IPA: /ˈsloʊɡən/
- Rhymes: -əʊɡən
Origin
From Scottish Gaelic sluagh-ghairm ("battle cry"), from Old Irish slúag, slóg ("army"), from Proto-Celtic *slowgos ("troop, army"), from Proto-Indo-European *slowgʰo-, *slowgo- ("entourage") + Old Irish gairm ("a call, cry"), from Proto-Celtic *garman-, *garrman- ("a call, shout"), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-smn-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r- ("to shout, call"). Possible cognate with Latin garrio ("chatter"), Old English cearu ("sorrow, care").
Full definition of slogan
Noun
slogan
(plural slogans)- (obsolete) A battle cry (original meaning).
- A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people.
- Wodehouse Offing|XVIII|Wooster: “Right-ho,†I said, not much liking the assignment, but liking less the idea of endeavouring to thwart this incandescent aunt in her current frame of mind. Safety first, is the Wooster slogan.
- (advertising) A phrase associated with a product, used in advertising.
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- Czech: slogan
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- Serbo-Croatian: slògÄn/Ñло̀га̄н