Category talk:English catchphrases
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Jberkel in topic Shouldn't this contain all phrases?
Shouldn't this contain all phrases?[edit]
All phrases are popularized through repeated use. That is how language works.--Simplificationalizer (talk) 21:04, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
- No, not all phrases are catchphrases. Our def at catchphrase is poor. Equinox ◑ 21:05, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
- How could it be improved? I was looking at A Dictionary of Catch Phrases by Eric Partrige, and he says right in the introduction: "What the devil is a catch phrase? I don't know. But I do know that my sympathy lies with the lexicographers." :) – Jberkel 10:00, 7 September 2022 (UTC)