Benjamin Button

English Etymology In reference to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (1922), a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born old and ages in reverse. Verb en informal idiomatic transitive intransitive To seemingly age in reverse; to appear younger, either through changes in appearance or one's personality and lifestyle. en Would You Want to Age Backwards Like Benjamin Button? VICE https://web.archive.org/web/20230603092155/https://www.vice.com/en/article/vdyq93/question-of-the-day-would-you-want-to-age-backwards-in-time-like-benjamin-button 26 October 2012 Wouldn't it be nice to have some variety in the whole "we get older the longer we are alive" cliche? For instance, what if we Benjamin Buttoned? That is, wouldn't you want to be born old and with the mind of an infant, then get physically younger as you matured? en Brittany Talarico Photo Proof That Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lopez Never (Ever!) Age People https://web.archive.org/web/20230615204141/https://people.com/style/photo-proof-that-jennifer-aniston-and-jennifer-lopez-never-ever-age/ New York, N.Y. w:Dotdash Meredith 19 December 2014 0093-7673 794712888 You can't deny that both Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lopez are Benjamin Buttoning. The actresses look just as good now as they did 10 years ago (click here if you need a reminder!), and they definitely didn't disappoint when it came to their red carpet looks at the PEOPLE Magazine Awards. en The Art of Benjamin Buttoning w:HuffPost https://web.archive.org/web/20230615203557/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-art-of-benjamin-buttoning_b_579a8ba6e4b07066ba1e6276 28 July 2016 His eyes were mirthful yet solemn when he told me: "These old bones are still too young to let the fun die! Who said fifty was when life settled? It's only just beginning! We're all just Benjamin Buttoning through life, ya know? We all just crave a little adventure and novelty." en Nathan Ma Carly Rae Jepsen Benjamin Buttons Through Life in Her Videos VICE https://web.archive.org/web/20230604135037/https://www.vice.com/en/article/59xnba/carly-rae-jepsen-benjamin-button-essay-2019 10 April 2019 But over the years, she found her beat by Benjamin Buttoning herself, hitting reverse and reexamining the messy, hormonal and overwrought soap operas that we drafted in our pubescent heads. en Liz Richardson 13 Times People "Benjamin Buttoned" Big Time And Somehow Aged In Reverse w:BuzzFeed https://web.archive.org/web/20221225233614/https://www.buzzfeed.com/lizmrichardson/people-who-aged-backwards-tiktok 3 December 2020 Well, people on TikTok are sharing how they basically "Benjamin Buttoned" over time as they somehow look younger now than they did years ago. en Rex Huppke 'Dark Brandon' shows up at State of the Union, mops the floor with lost Republicans w:USA Today https://web.archive.org/web/20230611203510/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/02/08/state-union-biden-deflects-republican-heckling-sarah-huckabee-sanders/11202538002/ 8 February 2023 Whatever the White House cooks are feeding Biden these days, I'd like a plate of it myself. It's like he's Benjamin-Buttoning all of a sudden. Related terms en Benjamin Button disease See also en agerasia en Dorian Gray syndrome en eponyms