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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 a variety of mass media (such as literature and publishing, films, Internet, television and radio), as well as word of mouth. Some become the de facto or literal "trademark" or "signature" of the person or character with whom they originated, and can be instrumental in the [[typecasting (acting)|typecasting]] (beneficially or otherwise) of a particular actor.<br />
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==Culture==<br />
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According to Richard Harris, a psychology professor at [[Kansas State University]] who studied why people like to cite films in social situations, using film quotes in everyday conversation is similar to telling a joke and a way to form solidarity with others. "People are doing it to feel good about themselves, to make others laugh, to make themselves laugh", he said. He found that all of the participants in his study had used film quotes in conversation at one point or another. "They overwhelmingly cited comedies, followed distantly by dramas and action adventure flicks." Horror films, musicals and children's films were hardly ever cited.<ref name="www.cnn.com">{{cite news| first=A | last=Pawlowski|title=You talkin' to me? Film quotes stir passion|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=March 9, 2009|accessdate=January 21, 2010|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/09/film.quotes/index.html}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
===Lists===<br />
*[[List of catchphrases]]<br />
*[[List of political catchphrases]]<br />
*[[List of exclamations by Robin]] <br />
*[[:Category:Catchphrases]]<br />
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===Related topics===<br />
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*[[Anti-proverb]]<br />
*[[Blend word]]<br />
*[[Blurb]]<br />
*[[Buzzword]]<br />
*[[Cliché]]<br />
*[[Clickbait]]<br />
*[[Dord]]<br />
*[[Earworm]]<br />
*[[Eggcorn]]<br />
*[[Jabberwocky]]<br />
*[[Meme]]<br />
*[[Mondegreen]]<br />
*[[Neologism]]<br />
*[[Proverb]]<br />
*[[Portmanteau]]<br />
*[[Set phrase]]<br />
*[[Slogan]]<br />
*[[Sound bite]]<br />
*[[Snowclone]]<br />
*[[Trademark look]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{cite book |year=2012 |author=Barba, Francesca |title=Catchy Phrases: over 2000 Catchy Slogans Ideas, Powerful Copy Connectors, Catchy Phrases for Business Tag lines, Magnetic Blog Triggers, .... |url=http://www.catchy-phrases.com/}}<br />
*{{cite book |year=2003 |author=Parkinson, Judy |title=Catchphrase, Slogan and Cliché: the origins and meanings of our favourite expressions |location=London |publisher=Michael O'Mara}} (previously published as: ''From Hue and Cry to Humble Pie'' in 2000)<br />
*[[Eric Partridge|Partridge, Eric]] (1894–1979) ed. Beale. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Nm3jbg0JalMC ''A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, American and British, from the sixteenth century to the present day''] (enlarged trade paperback edition) Lanham, Maryland: Scarborough House, 1992. {{ISBN|0-8128-8536-8}}. E-book {{ISBN|0-203-37995-0}}<br />
*{{cite book |year=2001 |author=Rees, Nigel |authorlink=Nigel Rees |title=Oops, Pardon, Mrs Arden! An Embarrassment of Domestic Catchphrases |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mM_kFQdh83oC |place=London |publisher=Robson Books |isbn=1-86105-440-8}}<br />
*{{cite book |last=Turner |first=Chris |authorlink=Chris Turner (author) |title=[[Planet Simpson|Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation]] |others=Foreword by [[Douglas Coupland]]. |edition=1st |year=2004 |location=Toronto |publisher=[[Random House Canada]] |oclc=55682258 |isbn=978-0-679-31318-2}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CatchPhrase Catch Phrase at [[TV Tropes]]]<br />
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