catch phrase

noun
1.
a phrase that attracts or is meant to attract attention.
2.
a phrase, as a slogan, that comes to be widely and repeatedly used, often with little of the original meaning remaining.
Also, catch·phrase.

Origin:
1840–50; catch(word) + phrase

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catch phrase
 
—n
a well-known frequently used phrase, esp one associated with a particular group, etc

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Catch phrase is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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