Thesaurus results for CATCHPHRASES

catchphrases

noun

plural of catchphrase

as in slogans

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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Recent Examples of catchphrases Ahead of a broadcast debut during the Olympic Opening Ceremony later today, EW can reveal a 30-second ad commemorating some of the most iconic dialogue lines and catchphrases from the network's beloved series. —

Patrick Gomez, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026 That’s how exhausting this climb is — Dorinda’s forgetting her catchphrases! —

Tom Smyth, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026 But in its short lifespan, Vine defined an era of internet culture, creating celebrities like King Bach, Lele Pons, Shawn Mendez, and Rudy Mancuso and minting catchphrases, slang, and memes that are still in rotation today. —

Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2025 Just yelling and silly catchphrases,’ and ‘At one point in time, Holthus was probably a good announcer, but that time is long, long, past. —

Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025 A lot of people just use talking points or catchphrases. —

Miami Herald, 10 Dec. 2025 Earlier this year, Belichick's girlfriend Jordon Hudson filed requests to trademark some of her beau's infamous catchphrases coined during his run with New England. —

Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025 Cliff was a native Jamaican with a spirited tenor and a gift for catchphrases and topical lyrics who joined Kingston’s emerging music scene in his teens and helped lead a movement in the 1960s that included such future stars as Bob Marley, Toots Hibbert and Peter Tosh. —

Hillel Italie, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025 One can imagine Powter prowling a stage, shouting catchphrases into a tiny microphone, bringing up tourists from the audience for tough love and then hugs. —

Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 18 Nov. 2025

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Noun

If California is serious about safety, the next governor must ground their approach in evidence instead of fear, slogans, media hype, or outdated assumptions.

— Jose Bernal, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
The speech invoked a Václav Havel essay about the hollowness of Communist ideology, embodied by the revolutionary slogans in shopkeepers’ windows that nobody actually believed.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026