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"Smooth as butter", "smoother than butter", "butter smooth", et al is a common western phrase. It's as old or older than the King James Bible itself (Psalms 55:
by hbosch 9y ago
"Smooth as butter", "smoother than butter", "butter smooth", et al is a common western phrase. It's as old or older than the King James Bible itself (Psalms 55:21 if you're curious). It's a quintessential English idiom.
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- exhilaration 9y agoThank you, that's fascinating! Psalm 55:21 King James Version (KJV) 21. The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
- cat199 9y agoWhile this is true idomatically, there was also a 'Project Butter' designed to make Android 'Buttery Smooth' a few years back - I think the high level of application of this idiom to video rendering specifically took hold at that point..
- macintux 9y agoWell, the username of the complainant is "Osiris", so the phrase might still be new for him.