Many times in our everyday life, we come across such words, which we know where to use, but where did they come from? What is their true meaning? Didn’t know about it. One such word is slogan. During this time of Lok Sabha elections, there is noise of every slogan i.e. election slogans. All parties including BJP and Congress are creating different types of slogans. Are attacking each other. But have you ever wondered where this word slogan came from? What is its true meaning? The same question was asked on social media. Let us know the correct answer to this.
According to a report in Metro, the word slogan, which we also call slogan in India, was not actually coined in India. This is a word from Ireland or Irish language. The word slogan is derived from Slughorn which is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic and Irish ‘Sluagh Ghairam’. Generally this word was used for people who talk loudly in ‘army’ or ‘crowd’. The word now has the same meaning in Irish and Scots Gaelic as it does in English.
Tribes also used slogans
Slogans are used in election campaigns all over the world. It is even used in commercial advertisements and sometimes in school competitions. In ancient times, some tribes of Western America used the slogan. Like today’s election slogans, it was made to persuade the people of the tribe on something.
‘Abundance’ also Irish word
Not only the slogan, the word Galore is also Irish, which means ‘abundance’. That is, if you have enough food, the Irish people call it Galore. It is the English spelling of ‘go leoir’, which means ‘enough’. This word was adopted by English speakers about 400 years ago.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 18, 2024, 15:51 IST
