A stock phrase is a spoken phrase which has little if any actual meaning of its own (a phatic expression); it carries meaning only through custom or context. In linguistics, a phatic expression is one whose only function is to perform a social task. ...

Typical stock phrases are:

• "Have a nice day" - which may be spoken by a convenience store clerk in the middle of the night
• "Have a good one"
• "Take it easy"
• "No problem" - which may be used as a reply to "thank you" (Meaning, "my labor was not significant")
• "De nada" - colloquially means "You're welcome" in Spanish, "nada" is Spanish for nothing, implying that whatever the speaker is being thanked for was nothing
• "No worries" - common Australian rendition of "No problem"
• "No sweat"
• "Chill out"
• "Come on"
• "Whatever" - which may be used to indicate that the speaker doesn't wish to continue the conversation.
• "You know?" or "You know what I'm saying?"
• "How are you?" or "How are you doing?" - possibly with the asker actually not being interested in any response.
• "Ye Olde ..." - which is used to give a title an antique English feel, using the older form of the definite article the spelled with the letter Thorn.

Certain stock phrases originate from TV, films, video games, and computer worms, and soon become a part of popular culture. Examples include: This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Definite Article is the title of British comedian Eddie Izzards 1996 performance released on video and CD. The video/DVD and CD performances were both recorded on different nights at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, England. ... Look up the in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Þþ Thorn, or þorn (Þ, þ), is a letter in the Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic alphabets. ... Braun HF 1, Germany, 1958 OT-1471 Belweder, Poland, 1957 Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... A computer worm is a self-replicating computer program. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, (literally: the culture of the people) consists of the cultural elements that prevail (at least numerically) in any given society, mainly using the more popular media, in that societys vernacular language and/or an established lingua franca. ...

• Where's the Beef?
• Don't have a cow - from The Simpsons
• All your base are belong to us
• Me love you long time
• Oh My God! They killed Kenny! You bastards!
• Hacked By Chinese!
• Can't sleep, clown will eat me
• fhqwhgads (perhaps more of a stock word or metasyntactic variable)
• I thought you were dead! (a line typically heard in B-movies)
• Show me the money!
• Snakes on a plane!
• I'm Rick James, bitch!
• You're the man now, dog

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See also

• catch phrase
• idiom
• jargon
• set phrase
• slang
• Compound noun, adjective and verb
• Cliché
• Collocation
• Phrasal verb

A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ... An idiom is an expression (i. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A set phrase is an expression (i. ... Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speakers dialect or language. ... A compound is a word composed of more than one free morphemes. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ...

External links

• Wiktionary
• PhraseExpress - Free software program to store and quickly paste common phrases