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shibbolethnoun an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)we knew that their claim of giving "the best deal in town" was just a shibboleth banner, catchphrase, cry, slogan, tagline, watchword expression, idiomcatchword, cliché(also cliche)maxim, mottobattle cry, war cry an idea or expression that has been used by many peoplethere's a lot of truth in the shibboleth that if you give some people an inch, they'll take a mile banality, bromide, chestnut, cliché(also cliche), commonplace, groaner, homily, platitude, trope, truism conventional wisdom, party line, routineinanitygenerality, generalization, simplificationadage, proverb, saw, sayingold wives' tale, stereotype profundity in 1638 |