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Subject:Re: Descriptive line definition From:Ben Kovitz <apteryx -at- CHISP -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 10 Feb 1999 07:06:54 -0700
Brian Doonan wrote:
>I was asked by one of my co-workers the name of the descriptive line that
>one sees just under the company logo, usually on marketing pamphlets. For
>example:
>
>Microsnot
>The world leader in bad tech support
>
>It is this line (The world lea...) that I need a name for. Personally, I
>would be surprised if it had a name. It's probably one of those things
>which are nameless, like the plastic on a shoelace (and now that I said
>this I'm sure someone is going to come up with a name for the plastic part
>of a shoe lace).
Paul Inbar's suggestion of "tag line" sounds right to me.
And those things on the ends of shoelaces are "aglets".
