butterface en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbʌ.təɹˌfeɪs/ (General-American)
- /ˈbʌ.təˌfeɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
Ellipsis of various forms of everything looks good but her face, great body but her face, among other phrases, under the influence of butter (perhaps also with connotation of “plainness”, grease, etc.) and buttface. Compare summerteeth.
Meanings
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(derogatory, slang) A person who has an attractive body but an unattractive face.
I can’t even look at her, she’s such a butterface.
Her face wasn't quite as pretty as he had hoped — Earl, the other mechanic back at his father's place called this kind of girl a Butterface...
2010, Laura Lippman, I'd Know You Anywhere, New York: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 76:
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(derogatory, slang) An unattractive face.
I can’t even look at her, she’s got such a butterface.
Her friend had a hot figure and a butterface — great body, but her face — and they were talking about Greyhound's most recent dating fiasco.
2004, Amy Sohn, “The need to know and the fear of knowing”, in My Old Man, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 106:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| butter face | alternative | lexicographic | |
| butterfaces | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Relateds
you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire
Synonyms
toad · hag · boner-shrinker · Sybil · bonerkiller · harridan · brown-bagger · boot · two-bagger · battle-ax · whore · pukeface · minger · frump · choad · troll · gorgon · skank · trollface · beldame · buttface · monkey · moose · cunt · skag · monkeyface · ugly duckling · schlub · stinka · biffer · dog · uggo · munter · munter
Translations (8)
tl hipon (attractive person with unattractive face) · pt Raimunda (attractive person with unattractive face) · es gamba (attractive person with unattractive face) · cmn 背影殺手 /背影杀手 (attractive person with unattractive face) · ja バックシャン (attractive person with unattractive face) · pl krzywy ryj (attractive person with unattractive face) · pt mulher camarão (attractive person with unattractive face) · nl plork (attractive person with unattractive face)