buttonology
/ˈbʌtənɒləd͡ʒi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An exaggerated and pointlessly pedantic systematization, especially of something trivial.
Derogatory; Uncountable
noun
The basic training required to start using a machine or piece of software: what the components of the interface are, what they do, and how to accomplish basic tasks.
Informal; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "We're masters "buttonology" — of experimentation, of keeping pace with far-sighted fashion trends — are climaxed in a new Spring line which we present to the trade as worthy of representing our Golden Jubilee."
- "Happily this “button book of button books” by Lillian Smith Albert and Kathryn Kent provides a convenient guide through the maze of buttonology."
- "He was, of course, immediately appointed Professor of buttonology."
- "So after all this , it is no wonder that following the discovery of the non-missing button on his pants, Golan came to an important conclusion : Since the inner push toward Buttonology began with the loss of a button during his childhood , Fate had returned that button to him in his old age."
- "In the short story De lycksaliges ö from 1890 there is a satire on the Historical Museum in Stockholm , where archaeology with its typological method is characterized as a “ buttonology " ( Strindberg 1890 : 116ff ; cf. Welinder 1994 : 297ff , 320ff )"
- "From this point of view ethnology carries on, as do also, of course, all other disciplines, "buttonology" (knappologi)."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Uncountable
- Derogatory
- Informal
- American usage
- Slang