catchphrase
pronunciation
How to pronounce catchphrase in British English:
UK [ˈkætʃfreɪz]
How to pronounce catchphrase in American English:
US [ ˈkætʃfreɪz,ˈketʃfreɪz]
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- Noun:
- a phrase that has become a catchword
Word Origin
- catchphrase (n.)
- also catch-phrase, 1837, from catch (v.) + phrase (n.). The notion is of words that will "catch" in the mind (compare catchword).
Example
- 1. Today , he has a new catchphrase : billionaire
- 2. The catchphrase of the speech was the word " people " , which was repeated 136 times .
- 3. Every few pages some trendy thinker 's catchphrase pops up between the reader and the thing described , with no apparent gain in insight .
- 4. In fact , for both google and those people who often use " localization " to castigate it , " localization " seems to be a catchphrase .
- 5. The term ' black swan , ' which has become a market catchphrase in the last few years , alludes to the once-widespread belief in the west that all swans are white .