English

Noun

parrot cry ‎(plural parrot cries)

1. A shout which is mindlessly or mechanically repeated.
   • 2001, Roy Hattersley, The Guardian, 6 Aug 2001:

     Michael Portillo as shadow chancellor will immediately leap up with the parrot-cry: "Labour always increases taxes and often invents new ones".

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 265:

     Parrot cries for silence on delicate political issues sounded increasingly archaic – and were quite unable to stem the rising tide of parlementary critique.