catchword

Example Sentences

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He does this through a constant mind-numbing repetition of the same metaphors, slogans, clichés, and catchwords.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2023

Despite the political catchwords on Humberto Leon’s streetwear costumes, it doesn’t have a lot to say, but it has the most verve of the three works on the program.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

As if reading from the same script, some are even using similar catchwords.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2021

Friedman derided business leaders who talked about serving such social ends as “providing employment, eliminating discrimination, avoiding pollution and whatever else may be the catchwords of the contemporary crop of reformers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2020

I was jarred—a little spooked, as well—at so blatant a reference to something referred to, by mutual agreement, almost exclusively with codes, catchwords, a hundred different euphemisms.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt