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Butters

//ˈbʌt.əz// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Ugly. UK, not-comparable, slang
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Norman. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    plural of Butter form-of, plural
  3. 3
    A census-designated place in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Butters Stotch, a fictional character from the animated sitcom South Park. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of butter form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of butter form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

Originally a clipping of butterface (“a person with an attractive body but an unattractive face”).

Etymology 2

A variant of Butter, or alternatively an occupational surname for a worker in a wine cellar, from Norman boterie (“wine cellar”) + genitive -s.

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