motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth
(noun) a favorite saying of a sect or political group
Source: WordNet® 3.1
catchword (plural catchwords)
(printing, historical) A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.
A word or expression repeated until it becomes representative of a party, school, business, or point of view.
Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, serving as a cue for the next speaker.
• (word under right-hand side): guide word
• (word repeated to become representative): watchword
Source: Wiktionary
Catch"word`, n.
1. Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.
2. (Print.)
Definition: The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing.
3. A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, the catchword of a political party, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
