Body Language (game show) series "Body Language" originated with the Milton Bradley board game of the same name, which was created by Dr. Cody Sweet, the first platform speaker on nonverbal communication (body language), in 1974. Host Tom Kennedy would also concurrently host "The Nighttime Price Is Right" near the end of "Body Language's" broadcast run. Kennedy, whose hair had visibly grayed by the time "Body Language" began production, dyed his hair brown to host "Price" (as daytime host Bob Barker was also still doing at the time; Barker would revert to his natural white hair in 1987) and can be seen with his
Aesopian language philosopher Herbert Marcuse uses the term in his book "One-Dimensional Man" somewhat interchangeably with Orwellian language. In that context, "Aesopian Language" refers to the idea that certain usages of language work to 'suppress certain concepts or keep them out of the general discourse within society'. An example of such a technique is the use of abbreviations to possibly prevent undesirable questions from arising: "AFL-CIO entombs the radical political differences which once separated the two organizations." Within the context of politics, a term with a very similar meaning is called dog-whistle politics, which describes the use of coded language to address