phrasemaker

[ freyz-mey-ker ]

/ ˈfreɪzˌmeɪ kər /

a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.

a person who makes catchy but often meaningless or empty statements.

Origin of phrasemaker

First recorded in 1815–25; phrase + maker

phrase·mak·ing, noun

A phrase-maker, always busy in fitting words together, must be a bore.

Modeste Mignon |Honore de Balzac
These subjects, therefore, are the happy hunting-ground of the visionary and the phrase-maker.

Constructive Imperialism |Viscount Milner
Analysis has become for you an A1 example of the phrase-maker's art.

The Knack of Managing |Lewis K. Urquhart and Herbert Watson
His praise as a phrase-maker is in all thePg 14 Churches of literature.

Matthew Arnold |G. W. E. Russell

As a phrase-maker, Charizi was peculiarly happy, his command of Hebrew being masterly.

Chapters on Jewish Literature |Israel Abrahams