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catchphrase

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[ UK /kˈæt‍ʃfɹe‍ɪz/ ]
NOUN
  1. a phrase that has become a catchword

How To Use catchphrase In A Sentence

  • The World Is Flat" & Co. were cyclones of breeziness, mixing metaphors by the dozens and whipping up slang and clichés and jokey catchphrases of the author's own invention. Shovel-Ready Shibboleths
  • The pitch, intonation, and speed of his voice are all over the map and make every bit of dialogue and catchphrase either hilarious or an assault on your eardrums.
  • HIS famous catchphrase may be'very clear'. The Sun
  • I'm still worried that it implies that I'm the sort of crazy guy that stands in the pub quoting catchphrases from well-known British comedy programmes.
  • At the end he signs off with a single-word catchphrase: 'simples' (pronounced 'seemples'). The Sun
  • Many of Jay Ward's characters and catchphrases have since morphed into pop-culture shorthand: Dudley Do-Right, the clueless Mountie, is shorthand for anybody who stumbles into a situation overconfident he's doing the right thing; Snidely Whiplash, Do-Right's nemesis, for a scenery-chewing villain; the "Waybac" Machine, Mr. Peabody's time-travel system, for a nostalgia flashback; as well as expressions such as "nothing up my sleeve ... presto!" and JSOnline.com
  • The term "flat tax" has "almost become a catchphrase for simplifying the tax code," Verenda Smith, senior manager of administration and policy for the Federation of Tax Administrators, cautioned. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • While these catchphrases have been used and abused to the point of becoming banal, they are both historically accurate as well as symbolic of the attitudes that made the Apollo program in general a success.
  • The new catchphrase in the brewing industry is'world beer '. Times, Sunday Times
  • Like all of his catchphrases, it was ad-libbed, not scripted. The Sun
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