History Of Cute As A Button. Cute as a button 1946. Cute as a bug in a rug 1942.
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Cute s history argues for leniency when the word first appeared in english in 1731 it was a shortened form of acute the adjective meaning shrewd keen or clever it even had. Cute as a bug s ear 1930. Cute as a button 1946.
A history of pleasure panic and the politics of pushing media studies professor rachel plotnick examines the first generation of button pushing americans who were introduced to doorbells electric lights and other early finger triggered technologies at the turn of the 20th century.
From around that time onwards in the usa the pretty. How should we account for the push button s pull on our imagination. An early example of cute as a bug s ear is found in a story in the south carolina newspaper the charleston sunday news june 1891. From acute as a button where acute is meant in the sense of bright cf.
