First time he called his shirt “button-down”, I figure it was a slip of the tongue. Second time, I had to conclude that “button-down” is yet another word young people use peculiarly (i.e., wrong).
Yeah, they do say "button down" to mean the shirt buttons down the front. That's notable in a world of t-shirts.
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First time he called his shirt “button-down”, I figure it was a slip of the tongue. Second time, I had to conclude that “button-down” is yet another word young people use peculiarly (i.e., wrong).
Yeah, they do say "button down" to mean the shirt buttons down the front. That's notable in a world of t-shirts.
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