catchphrase

noun

Etymology

From catch + phrase, from the notion that the phrase will catch in the mind of the user.

  1. derived from φράσις
  2. borrowed from phrasis
  3. formed as catchphrase — “catch + phrase

Definitions

  1. A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture.

    • For Tigger, he created a slight lisp and laugh, crediting his British wife with Tigger's "TTFN" catchprase - "ta-ta for now", itself coming from BBC radio comedy It's That Man Again.
    • The former head of BBC comedy claims catchphrases are out of fashion. But as Corporal Jones might say, ‘Don’t panic!’
  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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for catchphrase. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA