butterbody

butterbody

English

Etymology

Contraction of "but her body" (as in: "Everything about her is great, but her body.").

Noun

butterbody (plural butterbodies)

1. (slang, derogatory) A woman who has an attractive face but a less attractive body.
   • 2008, Mark Fuller, "match.com", in On the Beautiful Sea: Eight Stories, A Mutual Respect Books & Music (2008), →ISBN, page 42:

     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.

   • 2009, Nicki Lamont, "Sexist shows should be stopped", The Chronicle (Durham College), Volume 35, Issue 12, 10 February 2009, page 5:

     The list began as an online poll letting men of all ages cast their votes for the biggest butterbodies of 2008.

     But what exactly is a butterbody?

     According to the Spike TV website, butterbodies are girls who are hot everywhere but their bodies.

   • 2012, Evan Lambert, "Adele: I Was A Boozy Shut In", Out, 10 February 2012:

     We all love Adele. She's pretty, she's soulful, she's talented, and she's strong. Earlier this week Karl Lagerfeld called her a butterbody ⎯ but he's since apologized, proving that her charm is universal.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:butterbody.

Antonyms

• BOBFOC (UK, informal, pejorative), butterface (slang, pejorative)

Anagrams

• body butter