The video below explains this origin of the blue plate special, which is also mentioned in the post Adam and Even on a Raft, the Blue Plate Special, and Other Diner Slang where you can learn a lot more about diner lingo. Watch the video below or view it on Youtube: Origin of the Blue Plate Special
Another meaning of iconography is the aggregate of portrayals of a particular person (for example, of a writer or political leaderâV. I. Lenin, A. S. Pushkin, or the Decembrists). Iconography also designates the totality of subjects and artistic trends of a particular epoch.
GCIDE(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: icon(n.) a symbol, especially a symbol whose form suggests its meaning or the object it represents. icon(n.) (Computers) a graphical symbol for a data object whose form suggests the nature or function of the object; especially, such a symbol as viewed on the computer screen.