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.
icon(Noun) A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.) icon(Noun) : A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also symbol and index.