TAG LINE Definition & Meaning

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tag line

Or tagline

noun

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.

tag line

noun

an amusing or memorable phrase designed to catch attention in an advertisement
another name for punch line

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of tag line¹

First recorded in 1935–40

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For while that is totally OK, too, “Happiness!” doesn’t aim to be anything more than a marketing tag line — “celebrate happy” — for Disneyland’s 70th.

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His tag line "Canada is broken" has in recent weeks become "Canada first".

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“That sounds like the tag line for a really bad sitcom.”

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Her Instagram account, where she makes this statement, has the tag line: "I may not be human but I sing from my soul" - and is the creation of Nigerian musician and producer Eclipse Nkasi.

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The film became the third most successful in history, and its tag line, "Love means never having to say you're sorry", became the cliche of the era.

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