Hotbutton

adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of hot button. alt-of, alternative

    "Listen for others' 'hotbuttons' and use them to your advantage."

  2. 2
    An image or passage in an online screen or document that triggers an action. dated

    "The Wide Area Information Service (WAIS, pronounced "wayz") lets you look for specific words or phrases in a file, while the Web (WWW) gives you files with hypertext hotbuttons built in."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of hot-button. alt-of, alternative

    "In California, which has become the bellwether state on hotbutton racial issues like affirmative action and immigration, it surprises me that I wasn't aware of the Asian bloodlines among my own roommates."

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"Listen for others' 'hotbuttons' and use them to your advantage."

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