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whatever butters your muffin

whatever butters your muffin phrase: synonym of whatever floats your boat.

Phrase

whatever butters your muffin

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Synonym of whatever floats your boat.
    • NOT TO MENTION Creating new player characters for all the bozos who creak and moan about having to pick from the pre-gens. of course you can make your own PCs. do whatever butters your muffin.1994, Daniel Thorn, Todd Shaughnessy, Chris Elliott, “HōLmeistering”, in HōL: Human Occupied Landfill, [Georgia?]: Black Dog Game Factory, published 1995, →ISBN
    • So rather than get all up in your dicta, though ever responsive to the needs of the readership, we figured that if folks insist on getting down (or up, or around . . . whatever butters your muffin), the very least we could do is write about it.2007, Res Gestae, volume 58, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Law School, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 1

Examples of whatever butters your muffin in a sentence

  • “I don’t really care if you hang out with the kid,” Greg went on, “or take her out shopping, or have a tea party, or whatever butters your muffin.[…]”2015, Nene Adams, chapter 12, in Sweet, Tallahassee, Fla.: Bella Books, →ISBN:
  • I don’t recommend it though, his book, unless you are into incest, pee, and the word “rectum.” But then, whatever butters your muffin.2019, J.R. Hamilton, “Part Four”, in Prick, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN:

Synonyms of whatever butters your muffin

Questions about whatever butters your muffin

What does whatever butters your muffin mean?
Whatever butters your muffin means synonym of whatever floats your boat.
How do you use whatever butters your muffin in a sentence?
“I don’t really care if you hang out with the kid,” Greg went on, “or take her out shopping, or have a tea party, or whatever butters your muffin.[…]”
What part of speech is whatever butters your muffin?
Whatever butters your muffin is a phrase.

Words near whatever butters your muffin in the dictionary

  1. whatevah
  2. whatever
  3. whatever butters your biscuit
  4. whatever butters your biscuits
  5. whatever butters your bread
  6. whatever butters your muffin
  7. whatever butters your toast
  8. whatever creams your twinkie
  9. whatever floats your boat
  10. whatever happens, happens
  11. whatever helps you sleep at night

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