punch dialogue

Etymology
From, with used loosely to mean a spoken line. The term possibly compares the force of the line to a punch (similar to ), or because many of these lines are delivered immediately preceding a fight scene (compare ).

Noun

 * 1)  Chiefly in a film: a retort or a witty line, commonly written to be spoken by the protagonist to excite fans of the actor delivering them.

Translations

 * Finnish: sutkaus, letkaus
 * Macedonian: духо́витост