Tage

(tăg)

n.

1. A strip of leather, paper, metal, or plastic attached to something or hung from a wearer’s neck to identify, classify, or label:

sale tags on all coats and dresses.

2. The plastic or metal tip at the end of a shoelace.

3. The contrastingly colored tip of an animal’s tail.

4.

a. A dirty, matted lock of wool.

b. A loose lock of hair.

5. A rag; a tatter.

6. A small, loose fragment:

I heard only tags and snippets of what was being said.

7. An ornamental flourish, especially at the end of a signature.

8. A designation or epithet, especially an unwelcome one:

He did not take kindly to the tag of pauper.

9.

a. A brief quotation used in a discourse to give it an air of erudition or authority:

Shakespearean tags.

b. A cliché, saw, or similar short, conventional idea used to embellish a discourse:

These tags of wit and wisdom bore me.

c. The refrain or last lines of a song or poem.

d. The closing lines of a speech in a play; a cue.

10. Computers

a. A label assigned to identify data in memory.

b. A sequence of characters in a markup language used to provide information, such as formatting specifications, about a document.

c. A metatag.

11. Slang A piece of graffiti featuring text, especially the author’s name, rather than a picture:

“Instead of a cursive linear tag, Super Kool painted his name along the exterior of a subway car in huge block pink and yellow letters”

(Eric Scigliano).