catchword
noun
catch·word
ˈkach-ˌwərd 
ˈkech-
1
a
: a word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page
b
Examples of catchword in a Sentence
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And there will be more games like that this season, until consistency and cohesion become reality and not just catchwords.
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Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
German engineering, once a catchword for excellence, has now gained a set of decidedly undesirable connotations.
—Bernhard Rieger, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2015
Reliability has become the catchword for Texas’ electric industry since February 2021.
—Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2022
Said to be a mashup of the words snowy and neckdown, the catchphrase or catchword was reportedly popularized via Twitter in 2014.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
Narcissism has become a catchword to describe pretty much anyone who's vain, self-obsessed, and craves the spotlight.
—Health.com, 20 Apr. 2021
Fueled by international competition and the reality of robust economic expansion in many nations, growth had quickly become the catchword of the day in economics departments and government bureaucracies.
—Christopher F. Jones, The New Republic, 1 Oct. 2019
Now, in the era of Deng Xiaoping with reform the catchword, politics seemed muddled and mixed up in a new way, and Li was acquiring a name as a conservative.
—The Economist, 25 July 2019
Indeed, this may be a tough suit to win for Hall and Butler, as the Copyright Act does not protect short phrases including catchwords, catchphrases, mottoes, slogans or short advertising expressions.
—Peter Helman, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2017
Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
German engineering, once a catchword for excellence, has now gained a set of decidedly undesirable connotations.
—Bernhard Rieger, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2015
Reliability has become the catchword for Texas’ electric industry since February 2021.
—Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2022
Said to be a mashup of the words snowy and neckdown, the catchphrase or catchword was reportedly popularized via Twitter in 2014.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
Narcissism has become a catchword to describe pretty much anyone who's vain, self-obsessed, and craves the spotlight.
—Health.com, 20 Apr. 2021
Fueled by international competition and the reality of robust economic expansion in many nations, growth had quickly become the catchword of the day in economics departments and government bureaucracies.
—Christopher F. Jones, The New Republic, 1 Oct. 2019
Now, in the era of Deng Xiaoping with reform the catchword, politics seemed muddled and mixed up in a new way, and Li was acquiring a name as a conservative.
—The Economist, 25 July 2019
Indeed, this may be a tough suit to win for Hall and Butler, as the Copyright Act does not protect short phrases including catchwords, catchphrases, mottoes, slogans or short advertising expressions.
—Peter Helman, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2017
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First Known Use
1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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