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catch phrase 

Catch phrase is a game where you pass around a frisbee like object that gives you a word to describe to your team. You must get your team to say the word without saying it.

This game often gets heated and people start to yell and hate eat other, especially people on opposing teams.
Me and my friends all played catch phrase yesterday, and now we all hate each other.
catch phrase by David Jamison April 6, 2008

catch-phrase

A spoken set of words dat supposedly is good for "acquiring" hot chick/hunks.
Da theory of a perfect "catch-phrase" is largely non-existent, since (A) everyone is different, and so an approach dat might be attractive/alluring to one person might not work for someone else, and (B) many folks prefer dat you just "be yourself", and so a "canned come-on" would likely be largely ineffective for them, since they would want to know how you truly think/feel, not merely how well-read you are in da art of "making friends and influencing people".
catch-phrase by QuacksO February 17, 2022

Schrodinger's Catch Phrase 

When one coins a new term or phrase, and then googles it to determine if it is original or not, it is in superposition, both pre-existing and new, until observed on the internet.
"I thought I came up with the term 'dildometer' as a ranking system for sex toys. But it was already on urban dictionary... but for a few brief moments, it was Schrodinger's Catch Phrase.

MBA Catch Phrase Bingo 

MBA Catch Phrase Bingo - A series of canned phrases, used by bosses to deflect questions and sound smarter than everyone. Done properly it’s like a magic trick that confuses the masses into thinking the boss answered the question when he didn’t.
Carl: Hey Kyle, Did Lance explain what’s going on with the layoffs during the staff meeting?

Kyle: I asked him and he wouldn’t answer it directly. He decided to play MBA catch phrase bingo with us instead.

He said, “At the end of the day”, “right-size it” and something about “squaring the circle.” No one knows what the fuck just happened in there.
MBA Catch Phrase Bingo by P-Biddy December 22, 2018

Catch and Release Phrase 

To pick up and use a new catch phrase, only to abandon it when it becomes popular.
Everytime I used to hear Blue Oyster Cult on the radio I would yell "More Cowbell!!" until I heard Biff in acounting do the same. Then I knew it was time for me to make "More Cowbell!!" a Catch and Release Phrase and move on.

Catch phrases 

A stupid way to say something and don't say anything at the same time. See also All your base are belong to us (which is the most annoying), I'm Rick James b******************* and That's hot!. Don't you dare saying a catch phrase in a MMORPG.
Guy no.1: WHAAAAZZZUUUPPP?
Guy no.2: Let's play Battlefield! All your base are belong to us.
Me: Die all ¬¬

These are examples of stupid catch phrases ¬¬
Catch phrases by Palas August 15, 2006
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A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
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