A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from December 25, 2022
“Butter is just toast lube”

Butter has been called “toast lube.”
   
“Because butter is toast-lube” was posted on Twitter by Nicholas Stephen Ellis 🔚🔜🦖 on June 30, 2010. “Butter is like the lube for toast” was posted on Twitter by Phill Danks on January 23, 2012. “@bobitussin: Butter is nothing but toast lube” was posted on Twitter by PAN on April 26, 2012. “Butter is just toast lube” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on March 5, 2018.
     
“Butter is bread lube” and “Butter is food lotion” are related butter sayings. “Mayonnaise is sandwich lube” is a similar saying.
   
     
Twitter
Nicholas Stephen Ellis 🔚🔜🦖
@electric589
Replying to @Mamamia
@miafreedman Because butter is toast-lube. Erm. That is a serious answer that doesn’t sound like one.
8:28 PM · Jun 30, 2010
   
Twitter
Phill Danks
@RucksLeBucks
Butter is like the lube for toast.
8:36 AM · Jan 23, 2012
   
Twitter
PAN
@MuleyD
“@bobitussin: Butter is nothing but toast lube”. Also:waffle & corn-on-the cob lube. And butt. #Lasttangoinparis
11:33 AM · Apr 26, 2012
   
Twitter
april 🎁
@aprilinoctober
“butter is toast lube” go to bed bruh
5:14 AM · Jul 25, 2013
   
Twitter
emma
@emjem989
Butter is like lube for toast
9:40 PM · Feb 25, 2014
   
Twitter
not Jim Price
@Fake_Jim_Price
butter is lube for toast
3:04 PM · Feb 24, 2018
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/[deleted] March 5, 2018
Butter is just toast lube
   
Twitter
Arya Snark ⚔
@XtremeRPh
#Realization: butter is just toast lube.
3:33 PM · Apr 22, 2018
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Reclusifer March 1, 2019
Butter is lube for toast.
 
Twitter
🇷🇺Lozi🇷🇺
@ZeLozi
Butter is toast lube.
11:40 AM · Nov 21, 2019
 
Twitter
cory fay, the musician
@yourpalCoryFay
Butter is just lube for toast
7:05 PM · Jan 20, 2020
 
Twitter
Peaceful Knight
@CalmCrusader
Replying to @aylaahmao
Butter is the lube of toast but Mayo is the lube of sandwiches
10:22 AM · Jul 20, 2020
 
Twitter
Adam Morgan
@admmorgn
butter is lube for toast and i need more,
@Tesco help?
12:37 PM · Dec 9, 2021
 
Twitter
Arturo Hammer
@ArtAHammer
Replying to @72MichiganPapa
Butter is the foundational lube for any toast based comestible.
5:45 PM · Oct 14, 2022
 
Twitter
ben
@KenobiMBE
butter is just toast lube
4:53 AM · Nov 23, 2022
 
Twitter
PARTY FUCKIN’ POISON!
@partiespoisoned
butter is toast lube.
don’t use it as regular lube though. i think you don’t want that in any orifice or body part.
1:01 AM · Nov 27, 2022

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