tag line
or tag·line
- the last line of a play, story, speech, etc., used to clarify or dramatize a point.
- 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?”
- Machinery. (on a crane) a cable for steadying a suspended bucket at the rear.
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Origin of tag line
First recorded in 1935–40
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Contemporary Examples
That should really be the tagline for the action-heavy fourth season of Homeland: “No Country For Young Daughters.”
‘Homeland’ Season 4: A Stripped-Down and Surprisingly Badass Return to FormMarlow Stern
September 30, 2014
The tagline for the Museum is “Paz, Memoria, y Sobernía”: Peace, Memory and Sovereignty.
The Never-Ending Falklands War: In Buenos Aires, A Museum's Selective HistoryMichael Luongo
August 30, 2014
The tagline for the fourth season of Game of Thrones was “All Men Must Die.”
The ad campaign surrounding the launch bears the tagline “Failure is an Option.”
The tagline on his website, which he launched in July, reads: “If you don't want your drone to go down, don't fly it in town!!!!!”
tag line
- an amusing or memorable phrase designed to catch attention in an advertisement
- another name for punch line
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Word Origin and History for tagline
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