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Buttering the Cat 

In the disability rights community: attempting to help someone without asking if they need help, or in a way that is not actually helpful (and indeed may be harmful to the disabled person or to others).

Comes from a viral Twitter thread featuring Jorts the orange cat who was having trouble grooming himself. A well meaning but clueless human buttered Jorts in an attempt to teach him how to groom himself. This may or may not have resulted in a different cat being sick from licking the butter off of Jorts.
"Hey, don't just grab my chair; that's buttering the cat!"

"Stop buttering the cat, tonight's homework is easy!"
Buttering the Cat by philhellenike December 22, 2021

Butching 

"Butching"- (to butch) definition: the act of really getting something done, in some way relating to being a butch lesbian.
Example: "Maegan you're really butching it right now!" (referring to carrying a lot of groceries upstairs at one time)
Butching by sherwinre October 13, 2011

buttering up the whisker biscuit 

I buttered up her whisker biscuit and then I laid some pipe.

ball buttering 

When male white collar professionals excessively stroke each other's egos.
Dave gets so much ball buttering at work that it's difficult for him to realize he's just a normal guy at home.
ball buttering by Ebeau August 20, 2017

Buttering the Corn Cob

If I don't get any action on my date, I'll be buttering the corn cob later tonight.

Buttering 

Buttering is self serving behaviour.. In order to get your own way.
Stop buttering me up.

No worries... I can butter him/her up anytime.
Buttering by soulmate June 30, 2004