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catchphrase

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noun catchphrases · catch phrase · catch-phrase

  1. A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture. Frequently, catch phrases are not, in the grammarians' sense, phrases at all, but sentences. Catch phrases, like the closely linked proverbial sayings, are self-contained, as, obviously, clichés are too. Catch phrases are usually more pointed and ‘human’ than clichés, although the former sometimes a
  2. A signature phrase of a particular person or group. Instead, bro country songs string together a formulaic subset of tropes about beer sipping, truck driving, sunglasses wearing, unpaved roads, and tanned girls in shorts, typically building to a predictable catchphrase singsong chorus.

Similar: signature phrase, catchword

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noun

Similar: signature phrase, catchword

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noun a repeated expression

Españollatiguillo
한국어캐치프레이즈 kaechipeureijeu
日本語キャッチフレーズ kyatchifurēzu
中文口號 /口号 kǒuhào
हिन्दीसूत्रवाक्य sūtravākya, तकिया-कलाम takiyā-kalām
Portuguêsbordão
Françaisphrase fétiche, réplique culte
Deutschgeflügelte Worte, Ausspruch
Русскийбро́ская фра́за bróskaja fráza, крыла́тая фра́за krylátaja fráza, популя́рное выраже́ние populjárnoje vyražénije
العربيةشِعار šiʕār

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@misc{catchphrase_2026,
  title = {catchphrase},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/catchphrase},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}