PUNCH LINES

PUNCH LINES
 
Tagline of a joke (final, remate): He was terrible at telling jokes because he always forgot the punchline.
A punchline is the point of / the final part of a joke (gag line, tag line, laugh line, joke, laugh) or remark, profound statement, or story (which is) intended to to be funny or to provoke laughter or thought (from listeners); "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest". Few punchlines are inherently funny out of context. Punch lines generally derive their humor from being unexpected.
@ @ It is possible that the final line of a joke is called a punchline because the performer is expected to place stronger emphasis on it, or "punch it up" vocally. 

Duck Soup, 1933

I could dance with you till the cows come home...On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows when you came home. @ for a very long time.

- Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend; inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.



 

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