tag line

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 is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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.
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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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