butterface

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butterface

  • /ˈbʌ.təˌfeɪs/ UK
  • /ˈbʌ.təɹˌfeɪs/ US

Rhymes with -ʌtə(ɹ)feɪs

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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.

noun butterfaces · butter face

  1. 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.

    Similar: biffer, boner-shrinker, bonerkiller, buttface, choad, frump, minger, monkey, monkeyface, munter, pukeface, schlub · Opposite: butterbody

  2. derogatory, slang An unattractive face. I can’t even look at her, she’s got such a butterface.

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noun attractive person with unattractive face

Españolgamba
日本語バックシャン bakkushan
中文背影殺手 /背影杀手 bèiyǐngshāshǒu
PortuguêsRaimunda, mulher camarão

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@misc{butterface_2026,
  title = {butterface},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/butterface},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}