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These are not merely catchy sayings. Even though some sources may identify a phrase as a catchphrase, this list is for those that meet the definition given in the lead section of the catchphrase article and are notable for their widespread use within the culture. This list is distinct from the list of political catchphrases.
The rent is too damn high", the catchphrase of Jimmy McMillan, a perennial candidate and founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party. "You didn't build that", used by Barack Obama referring to federal infrastructure. The phrase was used by his opponents to suggest that Obama meant there is no individual success in the United States. [33]
I pity the fool (catchphrase) I shall return; I think we all need a pep talk; I will moida da bum; I'd like to buy a vowel; I'll be back; I'm melting! I'm melting! I'm Rick Harrison and This Is My Pawn Shop; I've fallen, and I can't get up! If you build it, they will come; Ik moest kloppen, want de bel doet het niet. In like Flynn; In the name ...
I. I am not a crook; I am once again asking for your financial support; I approve this message; I can't breathe; I Have a Dream; I like Ike; I'm not a crook
A catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such phrases often originate in popular culture and in the arts, and typically spread through word of mouth and a variety of mass media (such as films, internet, literature and publishing, television, and radio).
Better dead than Red – anti-Communist slogan; Black is beautiful – political slogan of a cultural movement that began in the 1960s by African Americans; Black Lives Matter – decentralized social movement that began in 2013 following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African American teen Trayvon Martin; popularized in the United States following 2014 protests in ...
B. Baba booey; Baby, you're the greatest; Bahut yaarana lagta hai; Bazinga; Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting wabbits. Beep, beep (sound) Beulah, peel me a grape!
"That'll be the day!" was a well-known catch-phrase well before the 1956 move The Searchers. The Dictionary of Catch Phrases records it back to 1917, there was a play titled That'll be the day! in 1935, it is recorded in a 1941 book on New Zealand slang, and there were at least 4 copyright registrations in the 1940s for songs with that title.