butty 

UK English term for a sandwich, particularly said from Birmingham upwards. The London equivalent would be "sarnie".

Probably comes from the word butter.

"What've you got for your dinner?"
"Cheese butties."

butty by Noodle May 16, 2005

Butty 

Not to be confused with a sandwich, a butty is formed by folding a single slice of buttered bread around whatever takes your fancy and is readily available (i.e. requiring no further preparation). In its purest form a true butty is filled with ingredients, in any combination, from a meal already underway. For example, if you are eating a "Full English" breakfast, you may butter a slice of bread and pile on any one or more of the items on your plate (e.g. egg, sausage, beans, black pudding, bacon, mushrooms). No food is excluded as a potential ingredient of a butty provided it is ready to eat at the time. The all-time favourite though must surely be chips (as known in the UK, french fries elsewhere).

Gorging on a butty is always a more joyful activity than eating a sandwich as it embodies the pleasure of mild gluttony, rather than being a technical exercise in meeting nutritional needs. The contents are selected in a spontaneous fashion and usually involve a certain excess, preferably challenging the structural integrity of the bread and hand control / oral capacity of the consumer.

Enjoy! :-D

Parent: "What did you have for lunch?"
Child: "Just a jam butty."

Butty by hokus focus August 14, 2011

butty 

UK, term for a sandwich

Get us a sausage and egg butty from the shop, kidder

butty by Ste-vo August 13, 2003

butty 

South Wales slang for a male friend or acquaintance. See also butt

1. Alright butty, how be?
2. Don't mess with John, he's Mike Tyson's butty.

butty by porth84 February 15, 2005

Butty 

A sandwich, two slices of bread wiv stuff inside.

I made a chipbutty, it was delish. Give us a eggbutty and don't broke the yolk.

Butty by Teddybuoy December 3, 2005

BUTTY 

Welsh term for a friend or a pal. Used mainly in the Valleys by working class.

Alright butty, where u off en?

BUTTY by Gareth Owen June 25, 2005

Butty 

Butty is Welsh slang for friend, pal, mate, buddy etc.
It is mostly used around South Wales.

Evan: alright geeza, hows you doing today then?
Dai: i'm doing good, just hanging out with meh buttys see!

Butty by improbablyjesuss February 25, 2009