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A catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such phrases often originate in popular culture and in the arts, and typically spread through word of mouth and a variety of mass media (such as films, internet, literature and publishing, television, and radio). Some become the de facto or literal «trademark» or «signature» of the person or character with whom they originated, and can be instrumental in the typecasting of a particular actor. Catchphrases are often humorous, but are never long enough or structured enough to be jokes in themselves. However, a catchphrase can be (or become) the punchline of a joke, or a reminder of a previous joke.
Culture[edit]
According to Richard Harris, a psychology professor at Kansas State University who studied why people like to cite films in social situations, using film quotes in everyday conversation is similar to telling a joke and a way to form solidarity with others. «People are doing it to feel good about themselves, to make others laugh, to make themselves laugh,» he said. He found that all of the participants in his study had used film quotes in conversation at one point or another. «They overwhelmingly cited comedies, followed distantly by dramas and action adventure flicks.» Horror films, musicals and children’s films were hardly ever cited.[1]
History[edit]
The existence of catchphrases predates modern mass media. A description of the phenomenon is found in Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds published by Charles Mackay in 1841:
And, first of all, walk where we will, we cannot help hearing from every side a phrase repeated with delight, and received with laughter, by men with hard hands and dirty faces, by saucy butcher lads and errand-boys, by loose women, by hackney coachmen, cabriolet-drivers, and idle fellows who loiter at the corners of streets. Not one utters this phrase without producing a laugh from all within hearing. It seems applicable to every circumstance, and is the universal answer to every question; in short, it is the favourite slang phrase of the day, a phrase that, while its brief season of popularity lasts, throws a dash of fun and frolicsomeness over the existence of squalid poverty and ill-requited labour, and gives them reason to laugh as well as their more fortunate fellows in a higher stage of society.[2]
See also[edit]
Lists[edit]
- AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes
- List of catchphrases
- Category:Catchphrases
[edit]
- Anti-proverb
- Blend word
- Blurb
- Buzzword
- Cliché
- Clickbait
- Earworm
- Eggcorn
- «Holy…»
- Jabberwocky
- Meme
- Neologism
- Proverb
- Set phrase
- Slogan
- Sound bite
- Snowclone
- Trademark look
References[edit]
- ^ Pawlowski, A (March 9, 2009). «You talkin’ to me? Film quotes stir passion». CNN. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- ^ Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles Mackay, p. 239–240
Further reading[edit]
Look up catchphrase in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Barba, Francesca (2012). Catchy Phrases: over 2000 Catchy Slogans Ideas, Powerful Copy Connectors, Catchy Phrases for Business Tag lines, Magnetic Blog Triggers, … Archived from the original on 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
- Parkinson, Judy (2003). Catchphrase, Slogan and Cliché: the origins and meanings of our favourite expressions. London: Michael O’Mara. (previously published as: From Hue and Cry to Humble Pie in 2000)
- Partridge, Eric (1894–1979) ed. Beale. A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, American and British, from the sixteenth century to the present day (enlarged trade paperback edition) Lanham, Maryland: Scarborough House, 1992. ISBN 0-8128-8536-8. E-book ISBN 0-203-37995-0
- Rees, Nigel (2001). Oops, Pardon, Mrs Arden! An Embarrassment of Domestic Catchphrases. London: Robson Books. ISBN 1-86105-440-8.
- Turner, Chris (2004). Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. Foreword by Douglas Coupland. (1st ed.). Toronto: Random House Canada. ISBN 978-0-679-31318-2. OCLC 55682258.
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1) Общая лексика: прибаутка, крылатые слова, крылатая фраза, известная фраза, популярный афоризм
2) Полиграфия: фраза, напечатанная выделительным шрифтом
3) Реклама: ударная фраза, слоган, рекламный девиз, рекламный лозунг
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: a word or expression that is used repeatedly and conveniently to represent or characterize a person, group, idea, or point of view
Synonyms
Example Sentences
popular catchphrases like “politically correct”
one of those advertising catchphrases that, if you think about them, don’t mean much of anything
Recent Examples on the Web
Everyone is reduced to a catchphrase, right?
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—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2023
Time’s Up became the catchphrase and place for all possibilities and could never navigate the desperate need that flowed from all facets.
—Melissa Silverstein, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2023
Palmer also added some drama to the sketch, revealing her character’s pregnancy with Thompson’s baby, before delivering a scenery-chewing monologue that ended with her catchphrase.
—Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2022
At one point, Chris Redd’s rapper stands in the foreground while Villaseñor and Gomez pop out from behind him to augment his song with their catchphrase.
—Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 2 June 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Meaning of CATCH PHRASE in English
idiom, popular phrase, buzzword
There’s a catch phrase for Newfoundland: The Rock .
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English idioms vocabulary.
Словарь английских идиом.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CATCH PHRASE
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CATCH PHRASE
Catch phrase is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.
WHAT DOES CATCH PHRASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Catchphrase
A catchphrase is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such phrases often originate in popular culture and in the arts, and typically spread through a variety of mass media, as well as word of mouth. Some become the de facto «trademark» or «signature» of the person or character with whom they originated, and can be instrumental in the typecasting of a particular actor. According to Richard Harris, a psychology professor at Kansas State University who studied why people like to cite films in social situations, using film quotes in everyday conversation is similar to telling a joke and a way to form solidarity with others. «People are doing it to feel good about themselves, to make others laugh, to make themselves laugh», he said. He found that all of the participants in his study had used film quotes in conversation at one point or another. «They overwhelmingly cited comedies, followed distantly by dramas and action adventure flicks.» Horror films, musicals and children’s films were hardly ever cited.
Definition of catch phrase in the English dictionary
The definition of catch phrase in the dictionary is a well-known frequently used phrase, esp one associated with a particular group, etc.
Synonyms and antonyms of catch phrase in the English dictionary of synonyms
SYNONYMS OF «CATCH PHRASE»
The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «catch phrase» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Translation of «catch phrase» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF CATCH PHRASE
Find out the translation of catch phrase to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of catch phrase from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «catch phrase» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
口头禅
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
eslogan
570 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
पकड़ वाक्यांश
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
الصيد العبارة
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
крылатая фраза
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
slogan
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
ধরা ফ্রেজ
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
slogan
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
Ambil frasa
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — German
Schlagwort
180 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
キャッチフレーズ
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
캐치 프레이즈
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Nyekel tembung
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
cụm từ bắt
80 millions of speakers
Translator English — Tamil
சொற்றொடர் பிடிக்கிறது
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
झेल वाक्यांश
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
Cümleyi ifade
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
slogan
65 millions of speakers
Translator English — Polish
Zwrot catch
50 millions of speakers
Translator English — Ukrainian
крилата фраза
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
fraza de captură
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
φράση αλιευμάτων
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
catch frase
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
fånga för att formulera
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
fangst setning
5 millions of speakers
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about catch phrase
3 QUOTES WITH «CATCH PHRASE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word catch phrase.
The catch phrase for the day is ‘Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.’
But in this Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or fiscal responsibility.
When people say ‘love to hate’, they actually mean ‘love to be appalled by’ — if they truly hated them, they’d never repeat a catch phrase.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CATCH PHRASE»
Discover the use of catch phrase in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to catch phrase and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: British and American, from …
A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on’ or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.
Eric Partridge, Paul Beale, 1986
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101 Ways to Promote Your Real Estate Web Site: Filled with …
Your signature file should always include a one-line tag line or catch phrase. A
catch phrase is simply something that catches the reader’s attention and intrigues
him or her to find out more. It’s a good idea to include a call to action in the catch
…
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Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk
The simplest use of catch looks like the following: catch { command } A more
careful catch phrase saves the result and prints an error message: Example 6-14
A standard catch phrase. if { [catch { command argl arg2 … } result] } { puts stderr …
Brent B. Welch, Ken Jones, Jeffrey Hobbs, 2003
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Computing Systems Reliability
Each such procedure P in turn, if it has an enabled catch phrase, is given the
signal S, until one of them stops the signal from propagating any further. P may
still decide to reject S (in which case the next procedure in the call hierarchy will
be …
T. Anderson, Brian Randell, 1979
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Dictionary of Catch Phrases
R. L. Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque (Part II), 1881 Friends-and others~have
often asked me, ‘What the devil is a catch phrase?’ I don’t know. But I do know
that my sympathy lies with the lexicographers. Consult the standard dictionaries,
the …
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Bulletin of Photography: The Weekly Magazine for the …
«‘The store of quality first» is much better as a catch phrase than «Jones and
Brown Quality Store.» «Beautiful permanence, permanent beauty» for a
photographer is a better catch phrase than «Brown, photographer of beauty,
permanent results.
Artemas Ward. Interesting. THE «CATCH-PHRASE.» The catch-phrase ought to
be intimately associated with some quality the article possesses. While most any
phrase can be advertised into popularity, unless the phrase directly advertises
the …
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Simon & Schuster Mega Crossword Puzzle Book #1
ACROSS 1 In the least 6 Went down 10 Pandora’s boxful 14 Overexcited,
slangily 19 Slayer of Tybalt 20 Trial balloon, e.g. 21 Place to brood 22 Lily variety
23 «The Price Is Right» catch phrase 25 «Friends» catch phrase 27 Skin-diving
gear 28 …
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Shorter Dictionary of Catch Phrases
another (, fine mess you’ve gotten me into! here’s) a catch phrase of the
Laureland Hardy films, one of which bore the tide Another Fine Mess. Thephrase
was Oliver Hardy’s standing reproach to his dullerwittedpartner Stan Laurel.A
catch …
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Advertising as a Business Force: Composition & Diction : …
A catch phrase persistently used comes to possess value as a trade mark, and for
this reason is more frequently met in general advertising than any other form. In
fact, some general advertisements consist of a catch phrase alone. The phrase …
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CATCH PHRASE»
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William Shatner’s newest crazy Star Trek documentary takes aim at …
This delighted the Star Trek audience to the point of Shatner using that as his catch phrase for decades to come. Shatner wrote a book about … «Geek, Jul 15»
A Legacy of Cliches
The great Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that a good catch phrase could stop thinking for fifty years. Catch phrases about … «RealClearPolitics, Jul 15»
Best in College Sports: No topping Ohio State’s 2014-15 season
Without those facilities, big-time schools like Ohio State don’t maintain their “brand.” There’s that word again — a modern business catch phrase. «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
Be That Guy: Why Differentiation Matters
Create a memorable catch phrase to present your USP in all your law firm advertising and marketing material. Consistently using the same … «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
Your Marketing Message: Let Customers Know Your Name Is Not …
You may even remember the funny line or catch phrase the announcer said. But the company that ran the advertisement escaped your mind … «Dealer Marketing Magazine, Jul 15»
Summer events at the Harrison District Library
Join us to play everyone’s favorite computer game, or play classics like Twister, Catch Phrase, and Battleship! Please register by calling the … «Gladwin County Record & Beaverton Clarion, Jul 15»
Sunset Jazz series mixes in extras
The catch phrase for the series, according to co-producer John McClure, is “For lovers of jazz, wine, food and sunsets.” “We used to just say the … «OCRegister, Jul 15»
Ridley Scott : Will he came back with the Martian ?
This movie were the catch phrase was In space no one can hear you scream. This movie became an instantly classic, won the oscar for the … «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
Can big data reduce customer dissatisfaction?
… very true today even though Big data exists about customer profiles and customer experience management is catch phrase for most retailers … «Pulse, Jul 15»
Rackets walk their skeletons on hectic release tour
I have a friend called Dave Weir who literally said ‘I think scorched almonds’ would be a good catch phrase«. I just think it looks cool and … «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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