English Dictionary

buttonology

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbʌtənɒləd͡ʒi/

名詞

不可算名詞 軽蔑的 くだけた表現 アメリカ英語 俗語

The study of buttons (clothing fasteners and badges). / (derogatory) An exaggerated and pointlessly pedantic systematization, especially of something trivial.

日本語の意味

ボタン（衣服の留め具やバッジ）の研究 / （軽蔑的に）些細な事柄に対する誇張された不必要な体系化

After years of collecting vintage garments and studying ornamental fastenings, she decided to write a monograph on buttonology.

ヴィンテージの衣服を集め、装飾的な留め具を研究してきた何年もの経験を経て、彼女はボタン（衣服の留め具やバッジ）の研究に関する専門書を書くことにした。

意味（1）

The study of buttons (clothing fasteners and badges).

We're masters buttonology — of experimentation, of keeping pace with far-sighted fashion trends — are climaxed in a new Spring line which we present to the trade as worthy of representing our Golden Jubilee.

意味（2）

(derogatory) An exaggerated and pointlessly pedantic systematization, especially of something trivial.

In the short story De lycksaliges ö from 1890 there is a satire on the Historical Museum in Stockholm , where archaeology with its typological method is characterized as a “ buttonology " ( Strindberg 1890 : 116ff ; cf. Welinder 1994 : 297ff , 320ff )

意味（3）

(informal) The basic training required to start using a machine or piece of software: what the components of the interface are, what they do, and how to accomplish basic tasks.

But if he does know his buttonology, there is much pleasure and profit for him in amateur picture-taking.

意味（4）

(US, military, slang) User interface

“The [controller] that will go in theater . . . is just a tad bigger . . . but all the same buttonology, but it’s ruggedized for the environment,” Raulerson said.