Word of the Day for Thursday, August 4, 2011
Aesopian \ee-SOH-pee-uhn\, adjective:
1. Conveying meaning by hint, euphemism, innuendo, or the like.
2. Pertaining to, or characteristic of Aesop or his fables.
The B.O. is about to embark on his Aesopian bus tour of middle America; that should be a real treat for all his little minions!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
It is often argued that Aesopian language has been used to communicate sensitive policy issues in the USSR.-- William Thomas Lee, Richard Felix Staar, Soviet Military Policy Since World War II
Aesopian gets this general sense from its original meaning as a reference to the inferential nature of Aesop's fables.
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