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Hly2004 Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

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Hi, everyone:

Suppose one of my friends says "Absolutely!" quite often, how should I describe this phrase?

(1) "Absolutely" is his _____phrase.

More explanation:

I want to make sure if I could say "signature" here and it is used very common.

Best wishes
  

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Yes, signature would work in your sentence, but a signature phrase usually has more uniqueness and fame, like George Gobel's ' Well, I'll be a dirty bird! ' or Jackie Gleason's ' To the moon, Alice! ' Perhaps more appropriate would be 'pet': 'Absolutely' is his pet phrase / pet expression.

— Mister Micawber

  • Yes, signature would work in your sentence, but a signature phrase usually has more uniqueness and fame, like George Gobel's ' Well, I'll be a dirty bird!
  • ' or Jackie Gleason's ' To the moon, Alice!
  • ' Perhaps more appropriate would be 'pet': 'Absolutely' is his pet phrase / pet expression.
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Yes, signature would work in your sentence, but a signature phrase usually has more uniqueness and fame, like George Gobel's 'Well, I'll be a dirty bird!' or Jackie Gleason's 'To the moon, Alice!' or Jimmy Durante's 'Goodnight Mrs Calabash, wherever you are.'

Perhaps more appropriate would be 'pet': 'Absolutely' is his pet phrase / pet expression.

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I've got it, thank you, Mister Micawber
:-)
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pat phrase
would also work, IMO
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