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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.
From catch + phrase. Defined as of the notion that the phrase will catch in the mind of the user. -- Cdw ♥'s ♪ ♫ (talk) 06:09, 3 March 2012 (UTC) As you say yourself, you are not British, so the frequency of use of these catchphrases away from their use by the originator is unknown to you.
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 ...
Its first printed use came as early as 1991 in William G. Hawkeswood's "One of the Children: An Ethnography of Identity and Gay Black Men," wherein one of the subjects used the word "tea" to mean ...
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).
Still, she's continued to give audiences what they want. "It never gave me a complex," she said. "I have fun. As long as people enjoy it, I don't care.
Seagoon: "Come, come, little two-stone Hercules – now, tell me if you saw two men and you can have this quarter of dolly mixtures." Bluebottle: "Cor, dolly mixture – thinks – with these-type sweets I could influence certain girls at playtime – that Brenda Pugh might be another Rita Hayworth ."
The jingles you'll never remember to forget, the cartoon characters that you'll always recognize: Whether you're a fan of McDonald's or not, it's impossible to not know (and realistically, love ...