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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The dung of sheep.
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(colloquial, dated) A boy servant, or page.
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(colloquial) A remote control.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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