catch phrase

English

Noun

catch phrase (plural catch phrases)

  1. Alternative form of catchphrase
    • 2008, lb briggs, “In”, in It’s Alright: A Truckface Anthology, volume 2, Tacoma, Wash.: Mend My Dress Press, published 2013, →ISBN, issue 12, page 69:
      “I don’t know how you can put up with this shit,” I informed Julie for the fiftieth time. The words always coming out during a subway rush or after a slight shove from an[sic] scurrying pedestrian. [] “I mean, damn, I just don’t know how you can put up with this shit,” I repeat in disbelief. It was my catch phrase for the entire trip.