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Q: Swag is coming back! (temporarily paused)

Update May 2022 I know everyone (myself included) has been excited by the return of swag. I just wanted to give y'all a heads up that we're currently revamping our swag options and shipping process, so we have to put a temporary pause on sending swag out. As soon as updates are in place, I'll let...

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Q: Should I use "the tag (tag-name)" or "the (tag-name) tag"?

Here in Stack Exchange network (probably mostly in meta discussions and in chat) we often discuss about tags. I wonder which of these two forms is the correct one: "the tag (tag-name)" or "the (tag-name) tag". What I mean is which of these two sentences is correct? (Or are they both correct?) ...

word-order

They're pretty much equivalent, and in your specific context I see no particular reason to prefer one over the other (apart from possible consistency with other instances in the same "body" of text). But if I consider something like Let's assign this item the XXXX tag, this strongly implies that such a tag does in fact exist (has already been defined and/or used). The alternative Let's assign this item the tag XXXX carries no such implication, and could even be said to imply that this item will be the first to use the specified tag. — FumbleFingers Sep 10, 2017 at 14:37

Q: The movie "Die Hard" or The "Die Hard" Movie?

Sometime like this case I don't know if I can put the name before or after the label (movie in this sentence)... The movie "Die Hard" or The "Die Hard" Movie? The variable "X" or The "X" variable? Are they both correct? What is their difference? What is the application of each? My question is n...