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  What it means

  Literally “button truth” — meaning “that’s absolutely not true” or “not a chance.” A blunt, colloquial way of dismissing something as completely false or impossible. ‘Guzik’ (button) is used as a dismissive intensifier.

  Vocabulary

  • guzik — button — used colloquially as 'nothing' or 'not at all'
  • prawda — truth

  Grammar note

  A fixed exclamatory phrase. 'Guzik' functions as a negating intensifier — similar to 'guzik z pętelką' (button with a loop — i.e. absolutely nothing).

  Cultural context

  Part of a family of Polish dismissive expressions using 'guzik': 'guzik mnie to obchodzi' (I couldn't care less), 'guzik dostaniesz' (you'll get nothing).

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