buttonology

Meaning

Noun

• The study of buttons (clothing fasteners and badges).
• An exaggerated and pointlessly pedantic systematization, especially of something trivial.
• The basic training required to start using a machine or piece of software: what the components of the interface are, what they do, and how to accomplish basic tasks.
• User interface

Origin

• button + -ology. In the sense of pedantic systematization, a with the same literal meaning.