rosebud

[ rohz-buhd ]

/ ˈroʊzˌbʌd /

the bud of a rose.

Origin of rosebud

First recorded in 1605–15; rose¹ + bud¹

Bauer literally had a Rosebud moment, but may not have had a figurative one.

We All Have a Rosebud in Our Pasts |Sam Roberts |October 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“The ‘Rosebud’ moment was realizing how we would only know whether that ‘future’ was true when the future was history,” she said.

We All Have a Rosebud in Our Pasts |Sam Roberts |October 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Decades later, an Ailes colleague called the incident “his Rosebud story.”

Speed Read: 25 Extraordinary Roger Ailes Revelations From ‘The Loudest Voice in the Room’ |Lloyd Grove |January 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When the snow-filled glasses falls from his hand and he says, “Rosebud.”

Mel Brooks’s 11 Favorite Movie Scenes: ‘Psycho’ to ‘Some Like It Hot’ |Mel Brooks |May 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Nevertheless, viewers are denied a “rosebud” moment that sums up, or judges, her brief career as a call girl.

‘Jeune et Jolie’ (‘Young and Beautiful’) Opens at Cannes With Model Marine Vacth |Richard Porton |May 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Her mouth was wide; no rosebud that could only open just enough to let out a 'yes' and 'no,' and 'an't please you, sir.'

North and South |Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The next thing that I saw was that he took from her curls a rosebud and appropriated it to his buttonhole.

Homestead on the Hillside |Mary Jane Holmes
Edna selected a rosebud, which she gave to her companion, who placed it in his button-hole.

Mark Gildersleeve |John S. Sauzade
She told some of the stories to the rosebud fairy, and they talked together for a long time.

Fairies I Have Met |Maud Margaret Key Stawell
The young baronet approached, and dutifully kissed little May, who put up her rosebud mouth right willingly.

Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir |May Agnes Fleming

rosebud

/ (ˈrəʊzˌbʌd) /

the bud of a rose

literary a pretty young woman