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    [Noun]  | "shib*bo*leth" | \ ˈshi-bə-ləth \


    1: a word or saying used by adherents of a party, sect, or belief and usually regarded by others as empty of real meaning

    2: a widely held belief

    3: truism, platitude


    Origin: 1638 ;

     Hebrew shibbōleth stream; from the use of this word in Judges 12:6 as a test to distinguish Gileadites from Ephraimites;

    [Noun]  | "shibboleth" 


    1: an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product);


      * e.g., " ... we knew that their claim of giving the best deal in town was just a shibboleth "



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    2: an idea or expression that has been used by many people;


      * e.g., " ... there's a lot of truth in the shibboleth that if you give some people an inch, they'll take a mile "



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     [ "shibboleth" ]

    1: the word you use to curse a demon program that will not work when most needed

      * e.g.,  ...  ten minutes left to take my chem online exam *error* Shibboleth! 


     [ "shibboleth" ]

    2:  a word used by UF students whenever something goes wrong

      * e.g.,  ...  *step on some dog business*... "Shibboleth!!!" 

     [ "shibboleth" ]

    1: the name of the software system used to log in when an institution has multiple websites and shit. the example the you may have encountered is when you logged in to your university's web portal thing where you check your grades, and then you're also automatically logged in on whatever other university websites use that same name. hospitals and shit have them too

      * e.g.,  ... you: *types in password* 

     [ "Shibboleth" ]

    1: A Word or Phrase that denotes affiliation with a particular Group or Subculture.

      * e.g.,  ... "He dwells among the old shibboleths; the old cries of the past, and he will not face up to the new conditions." 

     [ "Shibboleth" ]

    1: Noun; the way in which a person or group of people speaks, distinctive.

      * e.g.,  ... Seth is the king of shibboleth, "HIEEE how aRE YA?!" 

     [ "Shibboleth" ]

    1: A flavor of the month word that entirely too many people are suddenly using.

      * e.g.,  ... "God damn, did you see that Shibboleth? He started saying every new blog buzzword of the day like it was going out of style. What a Shibboleth." 


     [ "Shibboleth" ]

    2: It means something like a custom or belief attributed to a group or class of people, especially one outmoded. (Thanks Oxford)


     [ "Shibboleth" ]

    3: I propose that it should mean someone who uses trendy 'new' words to fit in with the current blog crowd using the same damn word, relentlessly.

     [ "Shibboleth" ]

    1: 1) Word for a slag word used to denote something cool.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) grovy, shibby, sick 


     [ "Shibboleth" ]

    2: 2) one itself

      * e.g.,  ... 2) Person 1: I got a new car! 

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