button pusher

== English == === Etymology === In the provoker sense, by a metaphor in which the recipient's emotions can be manipulated on command as if prompted by literal control buttons. Thus also tangentially comparable with a puppet master who is pulling the strings to manipulate puppets. === Noun === button pusher (plural button pushers) (idiomatic) Someone who pushes someone else's buttons: someone who goads, annoys, provokes, etc. Alternative forms: buttonpusher, button-pusher Near-synonyms: gadfly, goader, provocateur, provoker (manufacturing, business, often mildly derogatory) A low-skilled or unskilled worker: someone from whom one can expect little or nothing more than rote pushing of buttons (not showing, for example, critical thinking, insight, or leadership). Alternative forms: buttonpusher, button-pusher ==== Related terms ====