catchphrase
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catchphrase
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noun catchphrases · catch phrase · catch-phrase
- 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
- 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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Similar: signature phrase, catchword
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noun a repeated expression
| Español | latiguillo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 캐치프레이즈 kaechipeureijeu |
| 日本語 | キャッチフレーズ kyatchifurēzu |
| 中文 | 口號 /口号 kǒuhào |
| हिन्दी | सूत्रवाक्य sūtravākya, तकिया-कलाम takiyā-kalām |
| Português | bordão |
| Français | phrase fétiche, réplique culte |
| Deutsch | geflügelte Worte, Ausspruch |
| Русский | бро́ская фра́за bróskaja fráza, крыла́тая фра́за krylátaja fráza, популя́рное выраже́ние populjárnoje vyražénije |
| العربية | شِعار šiʕār |
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title = {catchphrase},
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