Expression meaning that some objective, typically one of personal resolve, has already been failed, and thus that continuing to attempt self-restraint is pointless. Comes from the Butterfly Project, where you draw butterflies on your arm when you want to cut, and if you cut before the butterfly fades, it dies.
"Yeah, I'm trying to quit drinking, but I mixed vodka in with my tea this morning, so the butterfly is dead."
by Eeveemander September 12, 2012
Get the The Butterfly Is Deadmug. by ed the Word September 14, 2009
Get the the butterfly effectmug. by Brennan Henderson February 1, 2008
Get the Lazy Butterflymug. When a male places his testicales balls on his girlfriends / wifes eye lids and she blinks really fast tickling his scroutum sac with butter fly kisses.
Man last night after getting a BJ I dropped my nuts on my girls face and pulled off the Baas Butterfly.
by bazingga September 25, 2010
Get the Baas butterflymug. by 0-0-7 October 24, 2009
Get the smashed butterflymug. A sexual move in which you perform during intercourse. Typically performed while standing on one's head while the head is underground but the body is above ground. Also known as the a.b.
by Michael Cerra December 13, 2010
Get the African Butterflymug. THE RESULT OF THE ACT OF USING ONES BUTT-CHEEKS AS AN ARTISTIC APPARATUS IN ORDER TO IMPRINT BUTTERFLIES UPON A SURFACE SUCH AS A WALL OR CANVAS. THE ‘BUTTERFLY’ PATTERN IS ACHIEVED BY SPREADING FECAL MATTER, EVENLY DISTRIBUTED OVER EACH BUTT CHEEK. PRESSING THE BUTT-CHEEKS ONTO THE CANVAS OR WALL CREATES A PATTERN RESEMBLING FLYING BUTTERFLIES, OR ‘CHOCOLATE’ BUTTERFLIES.
by kahlo56 January 28, 2013
Get the chocolate butterflymug.