As often happens in the blogosphere, other people latched onto the idea and ran with it.

"And obviously it was a message that people latched onto."

As parents, most people latch onto whatever will hold the short attention of a child and give them some quiet.

The question is what makes some people more inclined than others to latch onto these passages.

"The silliest things can be said and people latch onto it."

"That's the thing people latch onto," he said.

According to him "it was a tune people could understand and latch on to, which is what makes a pop song memorable".

"Phyllis is the type of person who people latch on to and use" was his assessment.

We knew that to be something that people would latch onto and keep, most people needed to use us a lot.

That's why people have latched on to him.