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whatever turns you on
your individual tastes, foibles, hobbies, interests, etc. US Generally spoken to indicate a tolerance of tastes that do not coincide with your own.- His eyes gleamed, he rocked back and forth in his chair, almost quivering. Well, I mused, whatever turns you on. — M.D. Samuel Shem, The House of God, p. 28, 1978
- Some men get excited by Hustler; Lester apparently got excited by old stock certificates. Whatever turns you on, I say. — Nelson DeMille, Gold Coast, p. 42, 1990
- Lizzie ran off with her dancer, which was cool because, you know, whatever turns you on and, like, she’s one of our homegirls[.] — Edgardo Vega Yunqu, No Matter How Much You Promise, p. 73, 2003
- But back then the Anglican church still understood itself to be part of the kingdom of God, not a federation of self-esteeming cantons where a sacrament is whatever turns you on. — The Daily Telegraph, 9 August 2003
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