butterbody
butterbody noun: a woman who has an attractive face but a less attractive body.
Noun
butterbody (plural butterbodies)
- A woman who has an attractive face but a less attractive body.
- 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.2008, Mark Fuller, “match.com”, in On the Beautiful Sea: Eight Stories, A Mutual Respect Books & Music, →ISBN, page 42
- 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.2009, Nicki Lamont, "Sexist shows should be stopped", The Chronicle (Durham College), Volume 35, Issue 12, 10 February 2009, page 5
Antonyms of butterbody
Forms of butterbody
| plural | butterbodies |
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Origin of butterbody
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.
Questions about butterbody
- What does butterbody mean?
- Butterbody means a woman who has an attractive face but a less attractive body.
- What part of speech is butterbody?
- Butterbody is a noun.
- What is the plural of butterbody?
- The plural of butterbody is butterbodies.
Words near butterbody in the dictionary
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