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sew buttons

sew buttons interjection: used in response to someone asking "so?".

Interjection

sew buttons

  1. (humorous, idiomatic, slightly dated) Used in response to someone asking "so?"
    • “Ah. So?” “Sew buttons.” “What was it like? I don't know.2018, Lisa Super, chapter 13, in So Glad to Meet You
    • “That's what my mother used to say when we kept saying 'so.'” At Jack's puzzled look I bat my hand at him. “Don't bother trying to get it. It's a non sequitur.” “Oh. So. Sew buttons. I get it.”2016, Rita Lakin, Getting Old is Criminal
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sew, button.

Forms of sew buttons

alternative formsew buttons on your underwear

Origin of sew buttons

Based on the fact that so and sew are homophonous.

Questions about sew buttons

What does sew buttons mean?
Sew buttons means used in response to someone asking "so?".
What part of speech is sew buttons?
Sew buttons is an interjection.

Words near sew buttons in the dictionary

  1. sevum benzoinatum
  2. sevum preparatum
  3. Sevy
  4. Sevys
  5. sew
  6. sew buttons
  7. sew buttons on your underwear
  8. sew up
  9. sew-ups
  10. sewa
  11. sewability

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