Butterbody

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A woman who has an attractive face but a less attractive body. colloquial, derogatory

    "Her body really wasn’t that great, on second thought. Her arms and neck were tight and thin, but her hips and legs were a little dumpy. She was sort of a butterbody, really."

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"Her body really wasn’t that great, on second thought. Her arms and neck were tight and thin, but her hips and legs were a little dumpy. She was sort of a butterbody, really."

Etymology

After the model of butterface, equivalent to an ellipsis of various forms of everything looks good but her body, great face but her body, etc., under the influence of butter, which see.

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