An old reference to a relatively
small gathering of
people, mostly friends, where about two-thirds of everyone's drinks are spiked with LSD, and the lucky individuals of the party trip out while the
people who have no LSD in their drinks are responible for babysitting the trippers.
Buttons has also become a slang term for mescaline, peyote, or psilocybin mushroom caps.
PERSON 1 - "John's party last night turned into another game of buttons."
PERSON 2 - "Shit dude, were you trippin' face?"
PERSON 1 - "Na
bro, I had to babysit
Greg who kept telling me that he was trapped in a glass of
water..."