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  • noun A slogan, particularly one intended for mass repetition.

Etymologies

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catch +‎ cry

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Examples

  • ‘Show, not tell!’ is the catchcry of fiction writers.

    Juicy Writing: 5 Ways to Glue Readers to the Page | Write to Done 2008

  • Little is the world aware of it, but the catchcry in Zionist circles has been “Divorce America, marry Russia.”

    September « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

  • Little is the world aware of it, but the catchcry in Zionist circles has been “Divorce America, marry Russia.”

    i have been saying this for 2 years now 2008

  • Little is the world aware of it, but the catchcry in Zionist circles has been “Divorce America, marry Russia.”

    30 « September « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

  • ‘Learner centred’ education became the catchcry with a jaundiced eye cast on alternative methods.

    [how well educated are you] conclusions 2009

  • ‘Learner centred’ education became the catchcry with a jaundiced eye cast on alternative methods.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • This ridiculous catchcry 'homophobic', put about by the gay mafia against anyone who opposes them - since when does being opposed to the political swamping of the social agenda by a one issue pressure group constitute homophobia?

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • This ridiculous catchcry 'homophobic', put about by the gay mafia against anyone who opposes them - since when does being opposed to the political swamping of the social agenda by a one issue pressure group constitute homophobia?

    [heterophobia] family pride day in london tomorrow 2009

  • The catchcry was : "Here comes Brigid dressed in white, give her something for the night."

    Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008

  • People who never think things through are wont to trot out this catchcry in lieu of using the grey matter and as for the blinkered, well, Michael Palin dealt with them in his Ripping Yarn of the young lad who asked where India was, only to be told by his father that it did not exist; he then argued and was admonished by his mother that: "Your father has spoken, dear."

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

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