tag line

noun
1.
the last line of a play, story, speech, etc., used to clarify or dramatize a point.
2.
a phrase or catchword that becomes identified or associated with a person, group, product, etc., through repetition: Entertainers often develop tag lines, like Ted Lewis's “Is everybody happy?”
3.
Machinery. (on a crane) a cable for steadying a suspended bucket at the rear.
Also, tag·line.


Origin:
1935–40

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tag line
 
n
1.  an amusing or memorable phrase designed to catch attention in an advertisement
2.  another name for punch line

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tag line is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
Example sentences
Neither miner was wearing a safety belt and tag line.
Admittedly, some of my hesitation with the show had a lot to do with that
  well-known tag line.
The tag line will put distance between yourself and the load in the event the
  load shifts or moves unexpectedly.
The tag line had more to do with her place in sports.
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