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title: "butterface · GenZ Decoded"
description: "butterface: A hostile term for a person whose body the speaker finds attractive and whose face they do not. Example: \"Calling someone a butterface says more..."
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# butterface

Millennial[#appearance](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/appearance/)

**Meaning.** A hostile term for a person whose body the speaker finds attractive and whose face they do not.

See it in a sentence

Calling someone a butterface says more about the person saying it.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [busted](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/busted/),[chopped](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/chopped/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial · this one

    butterface

- Gen X

    [butt-ugly](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/butt-ugly/)

- Boomer

    [dog](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/dog/)

- Plain English

    hostile term for a person whose body the speaker finds attractive and whose face they do not

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## Related slang

- [beat your face](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/beat-your-face/): To apply makeup, often heavily or with great skill, before going out.
- [Betty](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/betty/): An attractive young woman.
- [cake](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/cake/): Slang for a large, shapely, well-rounded backside.
- [chopped](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/chopped/): Looking rough or not at one's best.

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