English Explanatory Dictionary

whatever floats your boat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. One should do whatever stimulates one or suits one's inclinations.

Pronunciation

En-au-whatever floats your boat.ogg

Word forms

whatever floats your boat

Etymology

The earliest evidence hints that the phrase originated in the late 1970s among pleasure boaters in the United States.

Synonyms

whatever butters your biscuit whatever butters your biscuits whatever butters your bread whatever butters your muffin whatever butters your toast whatever humps your camel whatever melts your butter whatever sizzles your bacon whatever tickles your pickle whatever winds your clock

Related words

do one's own thing float someone's boat go one's own way have it coming have it your way it's your funeral suit yourself whatever helps you sleep at night you do you
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