Catchphrase
noun
A saying or phrase that is very well known because a famous person often repeats it.
His catchphrase was always 'I love it when a plan comes together'.
Often appears as...
- television catchphrase
- famous catchphrase
noun
A memorable phrase used in commercials or advertisements.
The company's catchy catchphrase helped their product sell well.
Often appears as...
- advertising catchphrase
- product catchphrase
Usage tips
Marketing
noun
A saying or phrase that is very well known because a famous person often repeats it.
His catchphrase was always 'I love it when a plan comes together'.
Often appears as...
- television catchphrase
- famous catchphrase
noun
A memorable phrase used in commercials or advertisements.
The company's catchy catchphrase helped their product sell well.
Often appears as...
- advertising catchphrase
- product catchphrase
Usage tips
Marketing
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Famous Associations
Catchphrases often become linked to the celebrity who made them famous.
People think of Arnold Schwarzenegger when they hear 'I'll be back'.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Impact
Catchphrases can reflect cultural trends or values of a time period.
The catchphrase 'Where's the beef?' caught the 80s' commercial zeitgeist.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Recognition
Well-known catchphrases make an immediate connection with the audience.
Upon hearing 'To infinity and beyond!', people instantly think of Toy Story.
Pro Tip 1/3Famous Associations
Catchphrases often become linked to the celebrity who made them famous.
People think of Arnold Schwarzenegger when they hear 'I'll be back'.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Impact
Catchphrases can reflect cultural trends or values of a time period.
The catchphrase 'Where's the beef?' caught the 80s' commercial zeitgeist.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Recognition
Well-known catchphrases make an immediate connection with the audience.
Upon hearing 'To infinity and beyond!', people instantly think of Toy Story.
Pro Tip 1/3Famous Associations
Catchphrases often become linked to the celebrity who made them famous.
People think of Arnold Schwarzenegger when they hear 'I'll be back'.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Impact
Catchphrases can reflect cultural trends or values of a time period.
The catchphrase 'Where's the beef?' caught the 80s' commercial zeitgeist.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Recognition
Well-known catchphrases make an immediate connection with the audience.
Upon hearing 'To infinity and beyond!', people instantly think of Toy Story.
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Richard Baraniuk on...
the catchphrase -- that we create, rip, mix and burn. What I mean by that is that anyone in the world is free and allowed to create new music and musical ideas. Anyone in the world is allowed to rip or copy musical ideas, use them in innovative ways. Anyone is allowed to mix them in different types of ways, draw connections between musical ideas,
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The Key to Media's...
You and Only You, Buzzwords and Catchphrase. These guys are all about saying a lot with a little, or planting a word in your subconscious that triggers a response whenever you hear or read it. Have you noticed how many times I've said the word "you?"
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Richard Baraniuk on...
the catchphrase -- that we create, rip, mix and burn. What I mean by that is that anyone in the world is free and allowed to create new music and musical ideas. Anyone in the world is allowed to rip or copy musical ideas, use them in innovative ways. Anyone is allowed to mix them in different types of ways, draw connections between musical ideas,
Video examples
The Key to Media's...
You and Only You, Buzzwords and Catchphrase. These guys are all about saying a lot with a little, or planting a word in your subconscious that triggers a response whenever you hear or read it. Have you noticed how many times I've said the word "you?"
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Artie Lange
American Actor
When you did impressions on 'MADtv,' the producers gave you a Walkman that played huge sections of whatever movie was being parodied, with your character's catchphrases recorded on a loop. You'd wear this thing around during rehearsals and for a week listen to the voice you had to impersonate over and over again. It drove all of us crazy.
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John Morrison
American Athlete
Johnny Blaze was my character at OVW. I had all these fancy fire catchphrases: 'Call the fire department,' 'Get your fire extinguishers out, ladies.' 'By the time you hear the thunder, it's going to be too late because the lightning will have already struck.' That was all my thing.
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Taylor Sheridan
American Actor
I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.
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Jeremy Lloyd
English Writer
You never write a catchphrase; you never write something and say, 'This is going to be a catchphrase.' You just write the show, and then in the course of the show, somebody says something, and for some reason it gets a laugh.
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Eugenio Derbez
Mexican Actor
When I walk down the street, even here in the U.S., they are always saying my catchphrases of my characters, and they shout at me with my catchphrases.
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Jenna Wortham
American Journalist
The types of ideas protected by intellectual-property law typically don't include a clever catchphrase on a Vine or a film idea in a tweet.
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Matt Bevin
American Politician
Liberals are good at catchphrases, but there's no substance behind them.
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Coolio
American Musician
Shaka' is my catchphrase. Emeril got 'bam,' I got 'Shaka.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
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Triple H
American Wrestler
WWE Redefined' has become my new catchphrase.
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Artie Lange
American Actor
When you did impressions on 'MADtv,' the producers gave you a Walkman that played huge sections of whatever movie was being parodied, with your character's catchphrases recorded on a loop. You'd wear this thing around during rehearsals and for a week listen to the voice you had to impersonate over and over again. It drove all of us crazy.
Quote examples
John Morrison
American Athlete
Johnny Blaze was my character at OVW. I had all these fancy fire catchphrases: 'Call the fire department,' 'Get your fire extinguishers out, ladies.' 'By the time you hear the thunder, it's going to be too late because the lightning will have already struck.' That was all my thing.
Quote examples
Taylor Sheridan
American Actor
I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.
Quote examples
Jeremy Lloyd
English Writer
You never write a catchphrase; you never write something and say, 'This is going to be a catchphrase.' You just write the show, and then in the course of the show, somebody says something, and for some reason it gets a laugh.
Quote examples
Eugenio Derbez
Mexican Actor
When I walk down the street, even here in the U.S., they are always saying my catchphrases of my characters, and they shout at me with my catchphrases.
Quote examples
Jenna Wortham
American Journalist
The types of ideas protected by intellectual-property law typically don't include a clever catchphrase on a Vine or a film idea in a tweet.
Quote examples
Matt Bevin
American Politician
Liberals are good at catchphrases, but there's no substance behind them.
Quote examples
Coolio
American Musician
Shaka' is my catchphrase. Emeril got 'bam,' I got 'Shaka.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
Quote examples
Triple H
American Wrestler
WWE Redefined' has become my new catchphrase.
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