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catchword

[kach-wurd] / ˈkætʃˌwɜrd /


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“Finlandization,” in fact, became a catchword during the Cold War for a small nation carefully moderating its security policies so as not to anger a larger, hostile neighbor.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2022

A shibboleth is a catchword or slogan identifying a particular group.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2019

I think a lot of people are jumping onto it as a catchword and making people think they have a “gee-wiz” material, like this glasses company I saw saying they have graphene in the glasses.

From The Verge ● Jan. 24, 2018

Bankers have already coined a new catchword for such small firms: “kiosks,” as opposed to the somewhat larger “boutiques,” like Moelis & Company founded by Kenneth D. Moelis, which went public this week.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2014

To have a catchword in your mouth is not the same thing as to hold an opinion; still less is it the same thing as to have made one for yourself. 

From The Vagabond in Literature by Arthur Rickett




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