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an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)
one of those advertising catchphrases that, if you think about them, don't mean much of anything
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There’s a reason so many sitcoms and sketch shows have catchphrases or running gags, after all.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2024
Generate knowledge together and seek to understand what is meaningful to both of you, rather than choosing your position from competitor and customer catchphrases and interactions.
—Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Anti-trans catchphrases are being used by Republicans up and down the ticket.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 20 Sep. 2024
Cringe or not, Cameron’s writing did give Arnold Schwarzenegger his famed catchphrase.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2024
Generate knowledge together and seek to understand what is meaningful to both of you, rather than choosing your position from competitor and customer catchphrases and interactions.
—Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Anti-trans catchphrases are being used by Republicans up and down the ticket.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 20 Sep. 2024
Cringe or not, Cameron’s writing did give Arnold Schwarzenegger his famed catchphrase.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Catchphrase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catchphrase. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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