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- iconicology (noun) : the study of icons and symbols
- The specific study of media iconics is a subset of the academic discipline of iconicology.
—Steven John Thompson
- Submitted by: Anonymous on Jan. 17, 2009 18:44
- iconified (adjective) : (of a panel in a computer program) reduced to an icon on the toolbar
- Not all windows may be accessed in their iconified state.
- Submitted by: Margaret Jacques from North Carolina on Aug. 09, 2006 12:16
- iconize (verb) : to use as an an icon : to make into an icon
- Submitted by: steve from California on Nov. 15, 2008 12:02
- iconned (adjective) : made into an icon
- The window was iconned.
- Submitted by: Anonymous on Jun. 06, 2007 13:38
- iconoblast (noun) : one who creates icons or who encourages the use of icons as punctuation or as intensifiers in electronic text communication (such as email)
- He always writes like that; he's a real iconoblast.
- Submitted by: Anonymous on Dec. 03, 2005 06:12
- iconomics
- (noun) : The study of the visual representation of economic value. [I began using the term in 1977 and have published several books with the word in the title.]
- Iconomics is the study of the visual symbols used to represent economic value.
—Miles DeCoster, Iconomics: Money, 1983
- Submitted by: Miles DeCoster on Mar. 08, 2007 21:48
- (noun) : The study of celebrities and their relation to, and impact upon, popular culture. A person who practices this is an "iconomist."
- It's a word I made up myself. Sample use: Celebrity divorces create short-lived interest in iconomics among mainstreat media, but are staples of the tabloid press.
- Submitted by: Eric Francis from Arkansas on Feb. 16, 2006 11:33
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