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A red telephone box is a British cultural icon. [3]According to the Canadian Journal of Communication, academic literature has described all of the following as "cultural icons": Shakespeare, Oprah, Batman, Anne of Green Gables, the Cowboy, the 1960s female pop singer, the horse, Las Vegas, the library, the Barbie doll, DNA, and the New York Yankees."
The Old Man of the Mountain is called "Stone Face" by the Abenaki and is a symbol within their culture. [3] It is also a symbol to the Mohawk people. The first written mention of the Old Man was in 1805. It became a landmark and a cultural icon for the state of New Hampshire, and has been featured as the Emblem of New Hampshire since 1945.
Sparky the Sun Devil spars with a Notre Dame fan at their matchup at Cowboys Stadium. On March 1, 2013, Arizona State announced they were joining forces with the Walt Disney Company to redesign the mascot costume, as part of an effort to modernize the character, and planned to use the character in comic books, children books and animated features.
Marilyn Monroe on the front cover of the New York Sunday News magazine (November 1952). The BBC describes her as the "most enduring sex symbol" of Hollywood. [1]A sex symbol or icon is a person or character widely considered sexually attractive and often synonymous with sexuality.
The second is a link to the article that details that symbol, using its Unicode standard name or common alias. (Holding the mouse pointer on the hyperlink will pop up a summary of the symbol's function.); The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it;
The biangles symbol of bisexuality, designed by artist Liz Nania, features a pink triangle. The design of the biangles symbol of bisexuality began with the pink triangle. The biangles symbol was designed by artist Liz Nania as she co-organized a bisexual contingent for the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987.
The word poppet is an older spelling of puppet, from Middle English popet, meaning a small child or a doll.In British English it continues to hold this meaning. Poppet is also a chiefly British term of endearment or diminutive referring to a young child, [5] much like the words "dear" or "sweetie."
The Happy Human is an icon that has been adopted as an international symbol of secular humanism. [1] Created by Dennis Barrington, the figure was the winning design in a competition arranged by Humanists UK (formerly the British Humanist Association) in 1965. [ 1 ]