(Garber has great fun with the fact that the word has also become a technical catchall for everything from prescription drug pamphlets to travel brochures).
The term is a catchall for Latin rock, hip-hop, electronica, ska, funk, postmodern fusion and basically everything except the Top 40 dance pop of the crossover stars and the traditional styles like salsa and merengue.
Pan bagnats can be a catchall for whatever vegetables are on hand.
The term is a catchall for an awful lot of different species around the world.
"It became a catchall for people turning inward and retreating from the politics of the '60s".
"They've become a catchall for a secretive capital structure," said Ann C. Logue, the author of "Hedge Funds for Dummies".
"It is a catchall for expressing ethnocentric opposition to Obama, without saying you're against him because he's black".
The word is routinely used as a catchall for why things aren't going as well as they should.
Today, the term culture war is a catchall for disputed matters of religion and conscience, lifestyle and social norms.
As a result, the Executive Department has become a catchall for a wide swath of bureaucracy, including the Budget Division, the Civil Defense Commission and the Empire State Plaza Art Commission.
