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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread musing on butter(y), now #94790 02/07/03 03:51 AM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada M modestgoddess OP old hand OP modestgoddess old hand M Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada I wonder why it is that when some people (myself included) wish to praise a leather garment's softness, we say it is "buttery"? My Canuck Oxford defines the word as "like, containing, or made with butter." But....I'm not in the habit of stroking butter and finding it smooth and pleasing to the touch, certainly not in the way I am fond of feeling up my leather jeans (hey, if no one else will fondle me in them, I'll do it meself!).... Why "buttery"? anyone know how this first arrived? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted musing on butter(y), now modestgoddess 02/07/03 03:51 AM Re: musing on butter(y), now Bingley 02/07/03 04:12 AM Re: musing on butter(y), now of troy 02/07/03 07:50 PM Re: musing on butter(y), now Wordwind 02/07/03 07:57 PM Re: musing on butter(y), now wwh 02/07/03 08:10 PM Re: musing on butter(y), now of troy 02/07/03 08:30 PM Re: musing on butter(y), now Buffalo Shrdlu 02/07/03 09:42 PM Re: musing on butter(y), now Jackie 02/09/03 02:27 AM Re: musing on butter(y), now Buffalo Shrdlu 02/09/03 11:15 AM Re: musing on butter(y), now consuelo 02/09/03 01:53 PM Re: musing on butter(y), now Faldage 02/09/03 02:07 PM Re: musing on butter(y), now Buffalo Shrdlu 02/09/03 04:21 PM Re: musing on butter(y), now Jackie 02/09/03 05:08 PM Re: musing on butter(y), now Faldage 02/09/03 05:18 PM Re: musing on butter(y), now modestgoddess 02/10/03 09:34 PM Re: buttery wwh 02/10/03 09:55 PM Rebuttal wofahulicodoc 02/10/03 10:08 PM Re: Rebuttal wwh 02/10/03 10:35 PM Re: Rebuttal Faldage 02/10/03 10:43 PM Re: Rebuttal wwh 02/10/03 11:15 PM Re: Rebuttal WhitmanO'Neill 02/11/03 12:48 AM Re: Rebuttal wwh 02/11/03 01:19 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 953 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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