catchphrase

See also: catch-phrase and catch phrase

English

Alternative forms

• catch phrase, catch-phrase

Etymology

From catch +‎ phrase, from the notion that the phrase will catch in the mind of the user.

Noun

catchphrase (plural catchphrases)

1. A group of words, often originating in popular culture that is spontaneously popularized after widespread repeated use.
   • 2005, BBC News website, Disney's Tigger voice dies at 82 read at [1] on 14 May 2006 – Crediting his British wife with Tigger's "TTFN" catchphrase – "ta-ta for now".
2. A signature phrase of a particular person or group.

Synonyms

• signature phrase
• catchword

Translations

a group of words

• Arabic: شِعار (ar) (šiʕār)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口號／口号 (zh) (kǒuhào), 口号 (zh) (kǒuhào)

• Czech: hláška (cs) f
• Dutch: catchphrase m
• Finnish: iskulause (fi)
• French: phrase fétiche
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: geflügelte Worte (de) n pl
• Japanese: キャッチフレーズ (kyacchifurēzu)
• Maori: kīanga teremau
• Portuguese: bordão (pt) m
• Russian: бро́ская фра́за f (bróskaja fráza), крыла́тая фра́за f (krylátaja fráza), популя́рное выраже́ние n (populjárnoje vyražénije)
• Spanish: latiguillo m

Trivia

This is one of the few common words in English with six consonant letters in a row. Others include latchstring and watchstrap.