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A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such meme
Meme

A meme is a unit or element of culture ideas, symbols or practices; such units or elements transmit from one mind to another through speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena....
tic phrases often originate in popular culture and in the arts, and typically spread through a variety of mass media
Mass media

Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a mainstream such as the population of a nation state....
 (such as literature
Literature

Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
 and publishing
Publishing

Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information – the activity of making information available for public view....
, motion pictures, television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 and radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
), as well as word of mouth
Word of mouth

Word of mouth is a reference to the passing of information from person to person. Originally the term referred specifically to speech communication , but now includes any type of human communication, such as face to face, telephone, email, and text messaging....
. Some catch phrases become the de facto
De facto

De facto is a Latin expression that means "concerning the fact" or in practice but not necessarily ordained by law. It is commonly used in contrast to de jure when referring to matters of law, governance, or technique that are found in the common experience as created or developed without or contrary to a regulation....
 "trademark
TradeMark

TradeMark is a tall, primarily residential, skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was completed in 2007 and has 28 floors. There are 200 hundred residential units....
" of the person or character with whom they originated, and can be instrumental in the typecasting
Typecasting (acting)

Typecasting is the process by which a film, TV, or stage actor is strongly identified with a specific fictional character, one or more particular role , or characters with the same Trait theory or ethnic grouping....
 (beneficially or otherwise) of that actor.






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A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such meme
Meme

A meme is a unit or element of culture ideas, symbols or practices; such units or elements transmit from one mind to another through speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena....
tic phrases often originate in popular culture and in the arts, and typically spread through a variety of mass media
Mass media

Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a mainstream such as the population of a nation state....
 (such as literature
Literature

Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
 and publishing
Publishing

Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information – the activity of making information available for public view....
, motion pictures, television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 and radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
), as well as word of mouth
Word of mouth

Word of mouth is a reference to the passing of information from person to person. Originally the term referred specifically to speech communication , but now includes any type of human communication, such as face to face, telephone, email, and text messaging....
. Some catch phrases become the de facto
De facto

De facto is a Latin expression that means "concerning the fact" or in practice but not necessarily ordained by law. It is commonly used in contrast to de jure when referring to matters of law, governance, or technique that are found in the common experience as created or developed without or contrary to a regulation....
 "trademark
TradeMark

TradeMark is a tall, primarily residential, skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was completed in 2007 and has 28 floors. There are 200 hundred residential units....
" of the person or character with whom they originated, and can be instrumental in the typecasting
Typecasting (acting)

Typecasting is the process by which a film, TV, or stage actor is strongly identified with a specific fictional character, one or more particular role , or characters with the same Trait theory or ethnic grouping....
 (beneficially or otherwise) of that actor. This is especially the case with comedy
Comedy

Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western culture origins are found in Ancient Greece....
 actors.

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  • List of political catch phrases
    List of political catch phrases

    The following is a list of Politics catch phrases, that is, distinctive statements uttered by political figures that have gone on to become well known....
  • Meme
    Meme

    A meme is a unit or element of culture ideas, symbols or practices; such units or elements transmit from one mind to another through speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena....
  • Snowclone
    Snowclone

    A snowclone is a type of clich? and phrasal template originally defined as "a multi-use, customizable, instantly recognizable, time-worn, quoted or misquoted phrase or sentence that can be used in an entirely open array of different jokey variants by lazy journalists and writers."...