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shibbolethsnounpl. of shibboleth 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 banners, catchphrases, cries, slogans, taglines, watchwords expressions, idiomscatchwords, clichés(also cliches)maxims, mottoes(also mottos)battle cries, war cries 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 banalities, bromides, chestnuts, clichés(also cliches), commonplaces, groaners, homilies, platitudes, tropes, truisms conventional wisdoms, party lines, routinesinanitiesgeneralities, generalizations, simplificationsadages, proverbs, saws, sayingsold wives' tales, stereotypes profundities |