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whatever butters your muffin en · X

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Synonym of whatever floats your boat.
    • 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:
    • “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:
    • 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:

Relateds

whatever butters your toast · whatever butters your biscuit · whatever butters your biscuits · whatever butters your bread

Synonyms

whatever floats your boat