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"text": "Frequently, catch phrases are not, in the grammarians' sense, phrases at all, but sentences. Catch phrases, like the closely linked proverbial sayings, are self-contained, as, obviously, clichés are too. Catch phrases are usually more pointed and ‘human’ than clichés, although the former sometimes arises from, and often they generate, the latter. Occasionally, catch phrases stem from too famous quotations.",
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"ref": "2005 May 14, “Disney's Tigger voice dies at 82”, in BBC News website",
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"roman": "šiʕār",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "شِعار"
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"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "口號"
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"_dis1": "87 13",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "iskulause"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "phrase fétiche"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
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"word": "geflügelte Worte"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sūtravākya",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "सूत्रवाक्य"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "takiyā kalām",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "तकिया कलाम"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyacchifurēzu",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "キャッチフレーズ"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "kīanga teremau"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
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"word": "bordão"
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"_dis1": "87 13",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bróskaja fráza",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бро́ская фра́за"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krylátaja fráza",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "крыла́тая фра́за"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "populjárnoje vyražénije",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
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],
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
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"text": "Frequently, catch phrases are not, in the grammarians' sense, phrases at all, but sentences. Catch phrases, like the closely linked proverbial sayings, are self-contained, as, obviously, clichés are too. Catch phrases are usually more pointed and ‘human’ than clichés, although the former sometimes arises from, and often they generate, the latter. Occasionally, catch phrases stem from too famous quotations.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2005 May 14, “Disney's Tigger voice dies at 82”, in BBC News website",
"text": "For Tigger, he created a slight lisp and laugh, crediting his British wife with Tigger's \"TTFN\" catchprase - \"ta-ta for now\", itself coming from BBC radio comedy It's That Man Again.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018 September 18, Brian Logan, “Catchphrase comedy is dead. Am I bovvered?”, in The Guardian",
"text": "The former head of BBC comedy claims catchphrases are out of fashion. But as Corporal Jones might say, ‘Don’t panic!’",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture."
],
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]
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"A signature phrase of a particular person or group."
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"word": "signature phrase"
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{
"word": "catch phrase"
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{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šiʕār",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "شِعار"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "frase ganxo"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "口號"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒuhào",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "口号"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hláška"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "catchphrase"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "lööklause"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "iskulause"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "phrase fétiche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "geflügelte Worte"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ausspruch"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sūtravākya",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "सूत्रवाक्य"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "takiyā kalām",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "तकिया कलाम"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyacchifurēzu",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "キャッチフレーズ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"word": "kīanga teremau"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "powiedzonko"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bordão"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bróskaja fráza",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бро́ская фра́за"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krylátaja fráza",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "крыла́тая фра́за"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "populjárnoje vyražénije",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "популя́рное выраже́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a repeated expression",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "latiguillo"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"catchphrase"
],
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}
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