Butterface

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Slang for a woman whose body is considered attractive but whose face is not, often used in a crude or demeaning way
2. Informal and derogatory term for a woman with an appealing figure but a face regarded as unattractive
3. Crude slang describing a woman who is physically appealing from the neck down but not in facial appearance

Etymology: Butterface is a slangy American coinage for a woman who looks attractive from behind or in a photo but whose face is disappointing in person. Its roots are clipped phrases such as "everything looks good but her face" and "great body but her face", where the face is the letdown the speaker is hinting at. The word is a shortened form of those expressions, with the first part of the phrase dropped. The "butter" element is more puzzling. It may have been influenced by the phrase "under the influence of butter", and the word may also carry a sense of plainness or greasiness. Its exact path to the current form is uncertain, but the pattern is clear: the word works by compressing a complaint into a single, cutting noun.