IAtionary: Symbolic Symbol

Sym-bol-ic Sym-bol [sim-BOL-ik sim-buhl] n.

1. An object, thing or idea that represents, depicts and/or reminds one of another, different, not similar object, thing or idea for the purpose and end of conveying and communicating something about or related to a particular, certain or specific aspect, element, part, property and/or piece of the object, thing or idea being or becoming represented and/or depicted; Mr. Majask: In Cuba, the dove that landed on Castro's shoulder was a symbolic symbol.

Language of Origin: Majaskean

In history class, we were talking about the rise to power of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. When he was giving a speech in front of a large crowd of Cubans while trying to gain their support, a single white dove landed on his shoulder. In a sentence paraphrasedly similar to the above sample sentence, Mr. Majask gave us an interesting new term (word, phrase, utterance, expression, idiom, saying, articulation, verbalization...)