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
That’s how exhausting this climb is — Dorinda’s forgetting her catchphrases!
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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
That Vitale is able to work at all is a treasure for college basketball fans, who have grown up with his catchphrases (Awesome, Baby!
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2025
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
That Vitale is able to work at all is a treasure for college basketball fans, who have grown up with his catchphrases (Awesome, Baby!
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catchphrases
Noun
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Protestors marched from terminal to terminal chanting slogans.—
Kaya Genç,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
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Written on the bandana, in Urdu and English, were slogans indicating the wearer’s readiness for martyrdom.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The same rule that bans smoking and the use of cell phones during debates, among other things, also bars the display of slogans, banners or plaques.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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One room has a replica of what appears to be a Vietnamese bank branch, complete with service counters, banners and a waiting area.—
Sakchai Lalit,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Catchphrases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catchphrases. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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