Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- a phrase that attracts or is meant to attract attention.
- a phrase, as a slogan, that comes to be widely and repeatedly used, often with little of the original meaning remaining.
noun
- a well-known frequently used phrase, esp one associated with a particular group, etc
also catch-phrase, 1837, from catch (v.) + phrase (n.). The notion is of words that will “catch” in the mind (cf. catchword).