buttons
A versatile British and American colloquial word with several distinct senses.
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Remember the small road chocolate buttons with sprinkles on them. I loved those as a kid.
What were your favorite 88x31 buttons?
Compare her page to anyone else's. The bio is still there but the photo has gone, her releases aren't listed, there are no buttons to play her tracks. It all looks like she's been quietly removed. www.ninjatune.com/ar…
did you know BTS wear them (at Gwangjang Market, where I bought some mother of pearl buttons today)
Jubiläums-iPhone 2027: Apple soll mechanische Tasten durch Solid-State-Buttons ersetzen - mit Haptik-Feedback statt Bewegung. Eine alte Vision, neu aufgelegt.
Definitions
A versatile British and American colloquial word with several distinct senses. Most commonly today it refers to a TV remote control — the device with all the buttons on it. Historically it was also the nickname for a liveried page boy or young male servant, whose uniform was covered in decorative buttons. In rural dialects it could also mean sheep dung. Context matters a lot with this one — losing the buttons probably means something very different at a farm than in your living room.
Has anyone seen the buttons? I can't change the channel without it.
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(colloquial, dated) A boy servant, or page.
“I know there are bigger things happening, but people on dating apps born in 1999 calling themselves “90s kids” are really pushing my buttons.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I definetely hope they don't just go bigger with the next system. Handheld is fine but when I hold the Joy Con 2s separately I do struggle reaching some of the buttons”
— Bluesky· May 2026“"✌︎☟︎✏︎ 💣︎✡︎ 👎︎☼︎☜︎💧︎💧︎ 👌︎🕆︎❄︎❄︎⚐︎☠︎💧︎✏︎" Translation: "Ah! My dress buttons!" -The Tailor had made the bust area too tight.- 𓇢𓆸 #NSFWRP #MDNI #undertale #Gaster #nsfw #rp #lewdrp #WDGaster #lewd #MVRP”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I’ve been playing SWWSJD and I LOVE it so much! I’ve made a button for Jack but I cant stop there ^^ I’ll be making buttons for Shaun, Nick and Ian ^^ #sunnydayjack #swwsdj #swesdjshaun”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The SwiftCrossUI ControlsExample is starting to look a lot more complete on Android thanks to Beberka's recent AndroidBackend PRs! Pickers: github.com/moreSwift/sw... Toggle buttons, switches, and checkboxes: github.com/moreSwift/sw...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(colloquial) A remote control.
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The dung of sheep.
“Remember the small road chocolate buttons with sprinkles on them. I loved those as a kid.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“What were your favorite 88x31 buttons?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Compare her page to anyone else's. The bio is still there but the photo has gone, her releases aren't listed, there are no buttons to play her tracks. It all looks like she's been quietly removed. www.ninjatune.com/artist/roisi...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“did you know BTS wear them (at Gwangjang Market, where I bought some mother of pearl buttons today)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Jubiläums-iPhone 2027: Apple soll mechanische Tasten durch Solid-State-Buttons ersetzen - mit Haptik-Feedback statt Bewegung. Eine alte Vision, neu aufgelegt.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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