catch phrase
or catch·phrase
noun
a phrase that attracts or is meant to attract attention.
a phrase, as a slogan, that comes to be widely and repeatedly used, often with little of the original meaning remaining.
Origin of catch phrase
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Contemporary Examples of catchphrase
She has a t-shirt that says “Fetch,” the catchphrase from Mean Girls!
The mother of five frantically jumps from one argument to the next as if playing a high stakes game of Catchphrase.
Tim Gunn came back from being a catchphrase robot to a thoughtful mentor offering informed critiques of work in progress.
However, I do object to bacon as catchphrase, as fad, as arena for testosterone-fueled competition.
Historical Examples of catchphrase
And when a man wants to talk like that "how-do-you-do" is as good a catchphrase as the next to keep his tongue discreet.
Sally of MissouriR. E. Young
catch phrase
noun
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