The button is split in half with a black line and has an illustration of a bug outlined in black on each side. The bug on the right is more shaded in and slightly larger than the bug on the left. The background is light teal and the text written down the side of the button is black.

This button may be an illustration describing the popular IT phrase, "it's not a bug; it's a feature!" This phrase is jokingly used to refer to bugs in software programs that are tolerable and not easy/critical to fix. This illustration shows this by showing the "bug" side with a plain image of a bug and by showing the "feature" side with a more detailed bug image.

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Bow Wow Wow is an English new wave band that was formed by Malcolm McLaren in 1980 to promote his and Vivienne Westwood's fashion line New Romantic. The original members were Leigh Gorman (bass), Annabella Lwin (vocals), Matthew Ashman (guitar), and David Barbarossa (drums). The band is best known for their cover of "I Want Candy", a song which was originally performed by The Strangeloves in 1965. Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy" cover has become highly associated with 1980s pop music and pop culture. 

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This Spanish exclamation of surprise was first popularized by the Madrid flamenco dancer and singer, María Antonia Vallejo Fernández also known as La Caramba, in the 1780s. She performed a type of short satirical song called a tonadilla and ended her performance by shouting "¡caramba!," giving her the nickname. A couple centuries later, Bart Simpson brought "¡Ay, caramba!" into modern pop culture on the still-running show, The Simpsons. These were his first words and they became one of his most well-know catchphrases after "Eat my shorts!"

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Norcross Greeting Card Company founded in the 1920s by Arthur Norcross was located in New York City for many years. The company specialized in greeting cards, novelties, and correspondence or stationery items. This novelty button was sold as a pair on a backing card for 'Buddy Buttons', a former trademark of the Norcross Greeting Card Company.

Crest with white Playboy bunnies on red and blue background. White text on red background.

Back in the 1960s, Playboy created a target market known as Playboy Man on Campus (PMOC). That name stuck and appeared on several novelty items throughout the 60s. This button is one of those pieces. Also came in black/white with a giant bunny. 

Green, Blue and Yellow stripe of color with E in the green, S in the blue and G in the yellow on a white background.

ESG (Emerald, Sapphire and Gold) are an American band from the South Bronx described as post-punk. The band was originally made up of the four Scroggins sisters and has included other members over time. The band has influenced post-punk, no wave, hip hop and house music.

The image on this button is from their 2000 album "A South Bronx Story" on the label Universal Sound.

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The "Aqua Follies" were a water ballet group that were founded in Minneapolis in 1940 by promoter Al Sheehan. The Aqua Follies were divided into two groups the "Aqua Dears" who specialized in swimming and the "Aqua Darlings" that specialized in dancing on stage. In 1950, the Aqua Follies were the main attraction of a festival known as the Seattle Sea Fair. They continued to be festival regulars throughout the 1950's. In 1955, the Aqua Follies began a tour of Detroit as part of an event known as the "Riverama aquacade".