butterface

noun

/ˈbʌ.təˌfeɪs/UK/ˈbʌ.təɹˌfeɪs/US

Etymology

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.

Definitions

1
A person who has an attractive body but an unattractive face.
- I can’t even look at her, she’s such a butterface.
- Her face wasn't quite as pretty as he had hoped — Earl, the other mechanic back at his father's place called this kind of girl a Butterface...
2
An unattractive face.
- I can’t even look at her, she’s got such a butterface.
- Her friend had a hot figure and a butterface — great body, but her face — and they were talking about Greyhound's most recent dating fiasco.

The neighborhood

neighboryou don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire

Derived

butterfaced, butters

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for butterface. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA