First a greeting card and then a poster, the cartoon was so popular that the gagline soon became a national catchphrase independent of the image.

The melodramatic introduction became a national catchphrase that is often heard to this day.

He made Riley's frequent exclamation, "What a revoltin' development this is," into a national catchphrase.

Some of these became national catchphrases.

Taylor was heard to utter the words "Do I not like that", when England conceded a goal to Poland, and it became a national catchphrase.

Beamer's final words, "let's roll", became a national catchphrase.

It includes "Excuse Me", a comedy bit whose title went on to become a national catchphrase.

His weekly repetition of "I'm feeling mighty low" on Jimmy Durante's radio show made it a national catchphrase.

The line "My first name ain't baby, it's Janet, Miss Jackson if you're nasty" became a national catchphrase.

The question was so persistently asked that for a time it became a sort of national catchphrase, and it dogged Jack for years.