whatever butters your biscuit

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whatever butters your biscuit

  1. Synonym of whatever floats your boat.
    • 2013, T. Rae Mitchell, chapter 13, in Fate’s Fables, book 1, Blaine, Wash.: Original Mix Media, →ISBN:
      “And what will I do all by myssself? Twiddle my tail?” / “Whatever butters your biscuit,” Finn called back.
    • 2014, Olive Balla, chapter 33, in An Arm and a Leg, Adams Basin, N.Y.: The Wild Rose Press, →ISBN:
      “Sure thing. No problemo. Room two seventy, right?” The kid looked meaningfully at Bellamy, the look on his face telegraphing words to the effect of: whatever butters your biscuit.
    • 2016, Kelly Jamieson, chapter 16, in Icing (Aces Hockey; 2), New York, N.Y.: Loveswept, →ISBN:
      “[…] I haven’t had sex very often in this bed.” / His dark expression lightened. “That makes me happy.” / Emotion expanded in her chest. “Whatever butters your biscuit.”
    • 2017 September 24, Kelly Kazek, “Offended by cotton? Please don’t take my biscuits and gravy”, in The Huntsville Times, volume 108, number 80, Huntsville, Ala., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D2, column 1:
      She wrote: “There is nothing decorative about raw cotton… A commodity which was gained at the expense of African-American slaves.” OK, lady. You have a right to complain on your Facebook page about whatever butters your biscuit.
    • 2021, Jaime Berry, “Never to Suffer”, in Hope Springs, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, published 2022, →ISBN:
      I can’t figure why you’d want to paint the cabinets, but whatever butters your biscuit.
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