butter faceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbʌ.təˌfeɪs/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈbʌ.təɹˌfeɪs/
• 韻: -ʌtə(ɹ)feɪs
• ハイフネーション: but‧ter‧face

名詞

butterface (plural butterfaces)

1. (slang, derogatory) A person who has an attractive body but an unattractive face.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ugly person, Thesaurus:ugly man, Thesaurus:ugly woman

   Antonym: butterbody

   Coordinate terms: brown bag, paper bag, mugly

   I can’t even look at her, she’s such a butterface.

   • 2010, Laura Lippman, I'd Know You Anywhere‎, New York: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 76:

     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. (slang, derogatory) An unattractive face.

   I can’t even look at her, she’s got such a butterface.

   • 2004, Amy Sohn, “The need to know and the fear of knowing”, in My Old Man‎, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 106:

     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.

派生語

参考

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