Benjamin Button
Benjamin Button verb: to seemingly age in reverse; to appear younger, either through changes in appearance or one's personality and lifestyle.
Verb
Benjamin Button (third-person singular simple present Benjamin Buttons, present participle Benjamin Buttoning, simple past and past participle Benjamin Buttoned)
- To seemingly age in reverse; to appear younger, either through changes in appearance or one's personality and lifestyle.
- Wouldn't it be nice to have some variety in the whole "we get older the longer we are alive" cliche? For instance, what if we Benjamin Buttoned? That is, wouldn't you want to be born old and with the mind of an infant, then get physically younger as you matured?2012 October 26, “Would You Want to Age Backwards Like Benjamin Button?”, in VICE, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2023
- You can't deny that both Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lopez are Benjamin Buttoning. The actresses look just as good now as they did 10 years ago (click here if you need a reminder!), and they definitely didn't disappoint when it came to their red carpet looks at the PEOPLE Magazine Awards.2014 December 19, Brittany Talarico, “Photo Proof That Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lopez Never (Ever!) Age”, in People, New York, N.Y.: Dotdash Meredith, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
Examples of Benjamin Button in a sentence
- We're all just Benjamin Buttoning through life, ya know?2016 July 28, “The Art of Benjamin Buttoning”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2023:
- But over the years, she found her beat by Benjamin Buttoning herself, hitting reverse and reexamining the messy, hormonal and overwrought soap operas that we drafted in our pubescent heads.2019 April 10, Nathan Ma, “Carly Rae Jepsen Benjamin Buttons Through Life in Her Videos”, in VICE, archived from the original on 04 Jun...
- Well, people on TikTok are sharing how they basically "Benjamin Buttoned" over time as they somehow look younger now than they did years ago.2020 December 3, Liz Richardson, “13 Times People "Benjamin Buttoned" Big Time And Somehow Aged In Reverse”, in BuzzFeed, archived from the...
Forms of Benjamin Button
| third-person singular present | Benjamin Buttons |
|---|---|
| present participle | Benjamin Buttoning |
| past participle | Benjamin Buttoned |
| past | Benjamin Buttoned |
Origin of Benjamin Button
In reference to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (1922), a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born old and ages in reverse.
Questions about Benjamin Button
- What does Benjamin Button mean?
- Benjamin Button means to seemingly age in reverse; to appear younger, either through changes in appearance or one's personality and lifestyle.
- How do you use Benjamin Button in a sentence?
- We're all just Benjamin Buttoning through life, ya know?
- What part of speech is Benjamin Button?
- Benjamin Button is a verb.
- What is the past tense of Benjamin Button?
- The past tense of Benjamin Button is Benjamin Buttoned.
Words near Benjamin Button in the dictionary
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