Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

protest button

English answer:

small badge bearing a slogan, usually political

Added to glossary by Noha Mostafa
Mar 7, 2010 08:03
14 yrs ago
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English term

protest button

English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Literary
He sat amid piles of old newspapers, protest buttons, pamphlets he intended to distribute.
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Mar 8, 2010 09:08: Noha Mostafa changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/776773">Noha Mostafa's</a> old entry - "protest button"" to ""small badge bearing a slogan, usually political""

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small badge bearing a slogan, usually political

Not a "Button" in the sense of something fitting in a buttonhole to hold a garment together, though it may be made to fit in a lapel buttonhole. But most of them now are in the form of small pin-on badges usually worn on the chest. I have one saying "Nej til EU" (No to the EU) which I bought in Norway. You can't buy buttons protesting against the EU in the UK, probably because of some EU regulation!
Peer comment(s):

agree Jenni Lukac (X) : Amusing story about the prohibition of anti-EU buttons in the UK!
39 mins
Thank you.
agree Jennifer Barnett : I have a modest collection from the 1970-80s when they were very popular.
1 hr
Thank you.
agree Andrew Gibbins
8 hrs
Thank you.
agree B D Finch : Note that "button" is US English, for UK it is "badge".
1 day 4 hrs
Thank you, including for your comment. I didn't know that.
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button bearing a political statement

e.g. "Dick Nixon before he Dick's you"
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campaign/demonstration badge

button in this context means 'badge' like a lapel badge or pin-on badge, so this person has lots of badges from demonstrations or campaigns - causes he supports or believes in.

see
"a badge or emblem bearing a name, slogan, identifying figure, etc., for wear on the lapel, dress, etc.: campaign buttons".
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/button
Peer comment(s):

agree Stephanie Ezrol
4 hrs
thank you Stephanie
agree John Detre
4 hrs
thank you John
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